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MSI: Mauritius Strategy of Implementation + 5

MSI +5 High-level Review
New York, Sep 2010

Member States will undertake a 5-year review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation of the Barbados Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States in September 2010.

MSI +5 High-level Review Preparations

i. National Assessment Reports

In preparation for this High-Level event, SIDS Member States have been requested to submit national assessment reports based on specific guidelines. These reports, complemented by information received from UN agencies, regional organizations and NGOs, will form the basis for three regional review meetings that will be held in the Caribbean, Pacific and AIMS regions in early 2010.

ii. Three Regional Review Meetings & an Inter-regional Review Meeting

Three regional meetings (for the AIMS, Caribbean and Pacific regions) will be held in preparation for the two-day high-level review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS, to be conducted at the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly pursuant to resolution A/RES/63/213: [Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish].

  1. 8-9 February, 2010
    Pacific Regional Meeting
    Vanuatu
  2. 3-4 March, 2010 (meeting details to be confirmed)
    Caribbean Regional Meeting
    Grenada
  3. 9-12 March, 2010
    AIMS Regional Meeting
    Maldives
  4. Immediately before CSD-18 (to be confirmed)
    Inter-regional Review Meeting
    New York

These meetings will address progress made and the continuing challenges encountered in the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy, with special focus on the vulnerabilities of small island developing States. The regional meetings will provide an opportunity for both national and regional assessment of actions taken in support of the Mauritius Strategy.

The national and regional assessments will then be consolidated at the SIDS Day of the eighteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18).

iii. Preparatory Committee Meeting

  1. New York, 10 May 2010
    SIDS Day/Prep-Com (during CSD-18)

SIDS Day will serve as the Preparatory Committee Meeting (Prep-Com) for the High-Level Review. The Prep-Com will receive the outcomes of the regional review meetings, and will determine the structure and conduct of the High-Level Review to be held in the following session of the General Assembly.

MSI +5

MSI+5 Preparatory Meetings