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4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States

Small Island Developing States

SIDS are a distinct group of 39 States and 18 Associate Members of United Nations regional commissions that face unique social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities.

• The five geographical regions in which SIDS are located are: the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS).

• SIDS were recognized as a special case both for their environment and development at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• They are highly vulnerable developing countries as they suffer from low economic diversification, often characterised by high dependence on tourism and remittances, volatility due to fluctuations in private income flows and the prices of raw materials, and debt stress situations.

• For SIDS, the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ): the ocean under their control is, on average, 28 times the country’s land mass.

• Thus, for many SIDS, the majority of the natural resources they have access to come from the ocean.

Small Island Developing States (UPSC)