Member States are undertaking a 5-year review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States.
The high-level review meeting, to be held during the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly, September 2010, will be preceded by preparations at the regional and inter-regional levels.
Three regional meetings in the Pacific, Caribbean, and AIMS regions will be held February - March 2010, followed by an inter-regional meeting in New York and a prep com during SIDS Day of the 18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

The mandate of the SIDS Unit of the Division for Sustainable Development (DSD), DESA is to promote and facilitate the efforts of Small Island Developing States to implement the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS.
The SIDS Unit publishes a monthly update newsletter. The current edition is May 2010.
More information about the work of the SIDS Unit, including archive newsletters, can be found on the DSD website.


