Barbados Programme of Action
The United Nations Programme of Action on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, popularly referred to as the Barbados Program of Action (BPOA), is a policy document that both: comprehensively addresses the economic, environmental, and social developmental vulnerabilities facing islands; and outlines a strategy that seeks to mitigate those vulnerabilities. It remains the only internationally approved programme specific to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) which has been collectively and unanimously endorsed by SIDS.
Development of the BPOA
The full text of the BPOA was produced in
BPOA+5
In 1999, the General Assembly of the UN held a special session to appraise five years of progress on the implementation of the BPOA (BPOA +5). The Assembly recognized progress as 'uneven' and identified key trends including increasing globalization, widening inequalities in income and a continued deterioration of the global environment. A new General Assembly Resolution (S-22/2) promised further action.
BPOA+10
The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, agreed to at the
External links
- Agenda 21 text.
- The Barbados Programme of Action, Final Report for the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (BPOA).
- [1], the final Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (BPOA +10).
- Official website for the Alliance of Small Island States.
- An Examination of the Development Path Taken by Small Island Developing States.
- International Small Islands Studies Association
- Open access scholarly journal Island Studies