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The International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS was convened in January 2005, in Port-Louis, Mauritius.
The meeting was attended by 18 Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Prime Ministers, some 60 ministers and nearly 2000 delegates, civil society representatives and journalists from 114 countries, and by 15 UN or multilateral agencies.
a renewed interest and commitment on the part of the entire international community for the issues of concern to these states -- from environmental vulnerabilities to small economies, remoteness from world markets, high energy costs and waste management problemsâ€
declared by the UN Secretary General
The meeting was concluded with the adoption of both a pro-active Strategy to further implement this programme of action, called Mauritius Strategy, and of a political declaration, The Mauritius Declaration.
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