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UN-OHRLLS
SIDS+20: History of the Small
Island Developing States
(SIDS)
Presenter: Peter Kenilorea (Jr.)
SIDS+20
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38 UN Member States
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14 Territories and Associate Members
of UN Regional Commissions
=
 52 SIDS
SIDS+20
 Three SIDS “regions”
 Atlantic, Indian, Mediterranean
Oceans, South-China Seas (AIMS)
 Caribbean SIDS
 Pacific SIDS
 Alliance of Small Island States
SIDS+20
 Pre-SIDS
 Small Islands and Vulnerable
Economies
 Regional Level Political Mechanism
 Caribbean
 Pacific
 UN Convention on LOS
SIDS+20
 SIDS “Special Case” UNCED 1992
 Barbados Programme of Action for SIDS
(BPOA) 1994
 GA Special Session 5yr. Review 1999
 Mauritius Strategy for Further
Implementation BPOA 2005
 GA High Level 5yr. Review 2010
SIDS+20
 Rio+20 and SIDS
SIDS standalone section
Third UN Global Conference for SIDS
Need to implement BPOA and MSI
Build Capacities - including in fisheries
capacity
 Technology transfer - marine science and
technology
 Future global follow-up mechanisms to take
into account BPOA and MSI
 Not to further constraint SIDS capacities,
reporting obligations
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Thank You
UN Office of the High Representative
for Least Developed Countries,
Landlocked Developing Countries,
and Small Island Developing
States
(UN-OHRLLS)
Website: www.un.org/ohrlls