What is SIDS?
Small Island Developing States ( SIDS ) are small, low-coast countries. These countries generally face the challenges of sustainable development, including smaller territories, growing populations, limited funding, weak resistance to natural disasters, and excessive reliance on international trade. Their economic development is limited due to high communication, energy, and transportation costs, as well as the small amount of expensive public affairs management and infrastructure caused by too small a territory.
Small island developing states
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- Small Island Developing States ( SIDS ) are small, low-coast countries. These countries generally face the challenges of sustainable development, including smaller territories, growing populations, limited funding, weak resistance to natural disasters, and excessive reliance on international trade. Their economic development is limited due to high communication, energy, and transportation costs, as well as the small amount of expensive public affairs management and infrastructure caused by too small a territory.
- "Small island developing countries" was defined as a group of developing countries at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992. The Barbados Programme of Action, developed in 1994, aims to help small island developing States achieve sustainable development. Of the small island developing States, only Singapore is considered a developed country. Other countries are considered developing or least developed countries.
- List of small island developing States
- Currently, the 52 small island developing States listed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council belong to three regions: the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific Ocean, and AIMS (ie Africa, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea). Each of the above regions has a regional cooperative, namely the Caribbean Community, the Pacific Islands Forum, and the Indian Ocean Commission. Many small island developing States are members of these cooperatives. . In addition, most (but not all) small island developing States are members of the Alliance of Small Island States, which functions within the United Nations system to lobby and negotiate for small island developing States.
| Caribbean Sea | The Pacific Ocean | Indian Ocean |
| Anguilla | American Samoa | Bahrain |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Island | Cape verde |
| Aruba | Federated States of Micronesia | Comoros |
| Bahamas | Fiji | Guinea-Bissau |
| Barbados | French Polynesia | Maldives |
| Belize | Guam | Mauritius |
| The British Virgin Islands | Kiribati | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Cuba | Marshall Islands | Seychelles |
| Dominic | Nauru | Singapore |
| Dominica | New Caledonia | |
| Grenada | Niue | |
| Guyana | Northern Mariana Islands | |
| Haiti | Palau | |
| Jamaica | Papua New Guinea | |
| Montserrat | Samoa | |
| Netherlands Antilles | Solomon Islands | |
| Puerto Rico | East Timor | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Tonga | |
| St. Lucia | Tuvalu | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Vanuatu | |
| Suriname | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| United States Virgin Islands |
- 1. Also least developed countries 2. Observers of the Alliance of Small Island States 3. Not members or observers of the Alliance of Small Island States 4. Associate members of the regional cooperatives 5. Observers of the regional cooperation 6. Not members or observers of the regional cooperation Not a member of the United Nations