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1994: BPoA
Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS

The SIDS programme of Action formally began In April 1994, when the first Global Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States was convened in Barbados. The conference adopted the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA), which set forth specific actions and measures to be taken at the national, regional and international levels in support of the sustainable development of SIDS. This was the first conference to translate Agenda 21 into a programme of action for a group of countries.

1999: BPoA +5
22nd Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly

In February 1999, a Meeting of Prospective Donors and Representatives of SIDS was held in New York, to review the mobilization of financial resources for the follow-up of the 1994 Barbados Conference on SIDS. A wide range of project portfolios that had been submitted for consideration by donors was discussed.

In September 1999, the 22nd Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly undertook a comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action and called for concerted efforts to support its realization.

2002: WSSD

The September 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) reaffirmed the special case of SIDS and highlighted a series of SIDS-specific issues in the Johannesburg Plan of Action, adopted by the Summit. In a follow-up to WSSD, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution (A/57/262), inter alia, called for a 10-year comprehensive review of the BPoA at a high-level international meeting.

One of the key objectives of the International Meeting would be to seek and renew political commitment from all countries by focusing on practical and pragmatic actions for the further implementation of the BPOA through, amongst others, the mobilization of resources and assistance for SIDS.

2005: BPoA 10-Year Review
Mauritius Strategy of Implementation

In January 2005, the international community convened in Mauritius to discuss the further and successful implementation of the BPoA for the sustainable development of the SIDS. The Mauritius meeting unanimously adopted both the Mauritius Strategy to further implement the programme of action, and also a political declaration entitled the Mauritius Declaration.

2010: MSI+5
5-year review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation of the Barbados Plan of Action

Member States undertook a 5-year review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation of the Barbados Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS in September 2010. A political declaration, A/RES/65/2 [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish], was adopted by the member States at the conclusion of the review.

Ongoing

The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), in the context of its multi-year thematic programme of work, continuously reviews the implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action and the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation.