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25 Apr 1994 - 6 May 1994
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Meeting reports

A/CONF.167/5 - Statement by the Group of Eminent Persons on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Bridgetown, Barbados, 21-22 April 1994
A/CONF.167/6 - Statement bY H.E. Mr. L. ERSKINE SANDIFORD, Prime Minister of Barbados and President of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
A/CONF.167/7 - Report of the Credentials Committee
A/CONF.167/8 - Letter dated 4 May 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Conference
A/CONF.167/L.1/Add.1/Corr.1 - Programme budget implications of the draft programme of action for the sustainable development of small island developing States
A/CONF.167/L.3 - Report of the Pre-Conference Consultation
A/CONF.167/L.4 - Draft proposals for a Barbados declaration
A/CONF.167/L.4/Rev.1 - Barbados: draft declaration - DECLARATION OF BARBADOS
A/CONF.167/L.5 - Draft report - ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK
A/CONF.167/L.5/Add.1 - Draft report - GENERAL DEBATE
A/CONF.167/L.6 - Report of the Main Committee - Organization of work
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.1 - Report of the Main Committee - Preamble
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.10 - Report of the Main Committee - Biodiversity resources
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.11 - Report of the Main Committee - National institutions and administrative capacity
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.12 - Report of the Main Committee - Regional institutions and technical cooperation
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.13 - Report of the Main Committee - Science and technology
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.14 - Report of the Main Committee - Transport and communication
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.15 - Report of the Main Committee - Human resource development
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.16 - Report of the Main Committee - Implementation, monitoring and review
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.2 - Report of the Main Committee - Climate change and sealevel rise
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.3 - Report of the Main Committee - Natural and environmental disasters
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.4 - Report of the Main Committee - Management of wastes
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.5 - Report of the Main Committee - Coastal and marine resources
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.6 - Report of the Main Committee - Freshwater resources
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.7 - Report of the Main Committee - Land resources
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.8 - Report of the Main Committee - Energy resources
A/CONF.167/L.6/Add.9 - Report of the Main Committee - Tourism resources
A/CONF.167/L.7 - Expression of gratitude to the people and Government of Barbados
A/CONF.167/L.8 - Adoption of texts on the sustainable development of small island developing States

Outcome Documents

A/CONF.167/9 - Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS
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BPOA (1994) - Barbados Programme of Action

Mandate

Established by UN General Assembly resolution 47/189, the UN Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS was held in Barbados from 25 April to 6 May 1994.

Outcome of the BPOA

The Conference reaffirmed the principles and commitments to sustainable development embodied in Agenda 21 and translated these into specific policies, actions and measures to be taken at the national, regional and international levels. �The Conference also adopted the Barbados Declaration, a statement of political will underpinning the commitments contained in the BPOA.

Structure of the BPOA

The Conference adopted the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS (BPOA), a 14-point programme that identifies priority areas and specific actions necessary for addressing the special challenges faced by SIDS. The priority areas are:

climate change and sea- level rise
natural and environmental disasters
management of wastes
coastal and marine resources
freshwater resources
resources
energy resources
tourism resources
biodiversity resources
national institutions and administrative capacity
regional institutions and technical cooperation
transport and communication
science and technology
human resource development

The BPOA further identified cross-sectoral areas requiring attention: capacity building; institutional development at the national, regional and international levels; cooperation in the transfer of environmentally sound technologies; trade and economic diversification; and finance. The comprehensive structure of the BPOA elaborates principles and sets out specific strategies at national, regional and international levels over the short, medium and long terms in support of the sustainable development of SIDS.

SIDS-specific challenges

The BPOA highlights the special challenges and constraints that cause major set-backs to the socio-economic development of SIDS, some of which had already been addressed in Agenda 21, including small size and geographic isolation that prevent economies of scale. In addition, the BPOA underlines the excessive dependence of SIDS on international trade; high population density, which increases the pressure on already limited resources; overuse of resources and premature depletion; relatively small watersheds and threatened supplies of fresh water; costly public administration and infrastructure; and limited institutional capacities and domestic markets.

Monitoring of the BPOA

The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was given the responsibility to follow up on the implementation of the BPOA and review progress in the context of its Multi-Year thematic Programme of Work.