SIDS & UN DESA
Partners for a prosperous, sustainable and resilient future for small island developing States
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) supports and works together with small island developing States (SIDS) through a range of initiatives tailored to their unique sustainable development challenges, spanning the Department’s five action areas:
- Accelerating SDG action
- Ensuring sustainable financing
- Addressing poverty, inequality, and leaving no one behind
- Putting data and science to work for SDG progress
- Leveraging UN DESA’s focus on new frontiers and projections to support Member States
To read more about UN DESA's work with SIDS, click here.
For more details on the issues facing SIDS, please click here.
For more information on the 4th International Conference for Small Island Developing States, click here.
