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Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting
for the 10-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA)
Nassau,
Bahamas | 26-30 January 2004
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Hightlights
from Monday 26 January
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The Inter-regional Preparatory Meeting for the Ten-year Review of the Programme
of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
opened today in Nassau, Bahamas. In the morning, participants convened for the
opening ceremony to hear a welcome address, several opening statements and a keynote
speech from the Prime Minister of the Bahamas. They also elected a Chair and members
of the Bureau and a drafting group. Additionally, participants heard statements
by Ministers and Heads of Delegation. In the afternoon, participants engaged in
two panel discussions on new challenges and emerging issues, and implementing
National Sustainable Development Strategies. In the evening, the drafting group
met to prepare a draft Strategy for the Further Implementation of the BPOA.
Photo: Perry G. Chirstie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth
of the Bahamas Click
here to see the provisional agenda of the meeting
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A
local band and children's choir welcome the delegates
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| Borge
Brende, Minister of Environment, Norway and Chair of CSD-12 | |
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Statements
by Ministers and Heads of Delegations
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Bikenibeu
Paeniu, Tuvalu, speaking for the Pacific Islands Forum, said the International
Meeting should focus on creating a fairer international trade system, new partnerships,
enhanced regional cooperation, and time-bound goals, and emerging issues such
as HIV/AIDS and poverty.
Belize
noted progress made since the BPOA and highlighted continuing and new challenges
faced by SIDS including poverty, limited capacity, and economic vulnerability.
He said the International Meeting should lead to attracting foreign investment
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Panel
Discussion 1: New Challenges and Emerging Issues: integrating human and social
development imperatives
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| Panelists
(in no particular order): Panel moderator Cletus Springer, Saint Lucia, Douglas
Slater, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Moelagi Jackson, Samoa, Desiree Cox,
Bahamas, Amena Yauvoli, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP),
and Terence Jones, UNDP; Right photo: Moelagi Jackson, Samoa |
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Panel
Discussion 2: Implementing National Sustainable Development Strategies
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| Bikenibeu
Paeniu, Tuvalu,
Franklin McDonald, Jamaica, and Christopher Corbin, St Lucia |
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Alvaro
Umana, UNDP, Sateeaved Seebaluck, Mauritius, Bikenibeu Paeniu, Tuvalu, and Elizabeth
Thompson, Barbados
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Miscellaneous
Photos from the Opening Ceremony
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Relevant
Links:
 The
Barbados Plan of Action
The
SIDS+5 report
The
Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of the 1994 Barbados meeting
The
ENB summary of the SIDS+5 meeting
The
2002 GA resolution calling for the 10-year review
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List
of SIDS
Pacific
Regional Meeting, Samoa, 4-8 August 2003
Atlantic,
Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and the South China Sea (AIMS) Regional Meeting,
Cape Verde, 1-5 September, 2003
Caribbean
Regional Meeting, Trinidad, 6-10 October 2003
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