May 2004: Three days of informal informal consultations were held in preparation for the International Meeting (IM) on the Ten-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) from 17-19 May 2004 in New York.
During the consultations, facilitated by Don MacKay (New Zealand), delegates undertook a second reading of the compilation text produced from the SIDS preparatory meeting held from 14-16 April 2004. While good progress was made at the informals, delegates felt it was necessary to convene for another three days of informal informal consultations in October or November 2004 in order to reach a “comfortable” level of agreement on the text ahead of the Mauritius IM. It was also agreed that the decision on whether to hold two days of informal consultations prior to the IM would be taken at the end of the next round of informals. [Earth Negotiations Bulletin briefing note: http://enb.iisd.org/sids/bpoa10/BPOA10_Briefing_5.22.04.html]