Three regional meetings and one inter-regional meeting will take place in preparation for the international meeting to review implementation of the BPOA on sustainable development of SIDS. The Pacific SIDS meeting will take place in Apia, Samoa, from 4-8 August 2003, the Caribbean SIDS meeting will be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 18-22 August, and the AIMS SIDS meeting will convene in Praia, Cape Verde, from 1-5 September. An Inter-regional preparatory meeting for all SIDS will take place in Nassau, Bahamas, from 26-30 January 2004. CSD-12 is also expected to contribute to preparations for the international meeting, which is scheduled to be held in Mauritius in August/September 2004.  

dates: 1-5 September 2003   location: Praia, Cape Verde   contact: UN Division on Sustainable Development, SIDS Unit   phone: 1-212-963-2803   fax: 1-212-963-4260   e-mail: dsd@un.org   www: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids/sids.htm