Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

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• UN-NGLS Roundup 118 : download the PDF file

• Stories Address Grass-Roots Issues to Be Tackled at Mauritius Conference

• The Mauritius Strategy : Draft Mauritius Strategy for the further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the SustainableDevelopment of Small Island Developing States - 13 January 2005

• The Mauritius Declaration . Adoption of the final outcome

• UN SMALL ISLAND CONFERENCE ADOPTS MAURITIUS DECLARATION, STRATEGY; RECOMMITS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MOST VULNERABLE NATIONS - Calls for Action on Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Trade - 14 January 2005

• UN Conference on Small Islands Concludes in Mauritius: Renewed Commitment on the Part of the International Community, Said Secretary General Kofi Annan - 14 January 2005

• SIDS Civil Society Forum Declaration

• CLIMATE CHANGE, OVERFISHING AMONG KEY ISSUES FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS
  Pollution-busting Measures Needed to Protect Coral Reefs; Coastal Fish Stocks Already Depleted
  Source: NAIROBI/LONDON, 6 January (UNEP)

• NATURAL, MAN-MADE DISASTERS THREATEN STABILITY OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
  Source : LONDON/NAIROBI, 6 January (UNEP)

• Small islands, big potential: Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury assesses the prospects for a new resurgence of the most vulnerable section of humanity at the Mauritius meeting
  Source : DESA NEWS (Volume 9, No. 1, January-February 2005)

In 1994 the United Nations Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held in Barbados. It adopted the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) that set forth specific actions and measures to be taken at the national, regional and international levels in support of the sustainable development of SIDS.

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002 reaffirmed the special case of SIDS and highlighted a series of SIDS-specific issues and concerns in the Summit's final Plan of Action. These issues included rising sea levels and climate change, fragile ecosystems, market access, renewable energy, tourism, information technology, and fighting diseases, among others. As follow-up to WSSD, and the original Barbados Conference, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/57/262 calling for a comprehensive review of the BPoA ten years after its adoption.

The International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) for the Sustainable Development of SIDS was held in Mauritius, from 10-14 January 2005, bringing together island nations with other countries. One of the key objectives of the Mauritius meeting was to renew the political commitment of all countries to implement the BPoA.

• SIDS Organization of Work, Implementation and Major Group Participation
• for more information, please visit :
  www.sidsnet.org
  www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids/sids.htm
  www.un.org/smallislands2005/
  www.sidsmauritius2005.mu