What is Small Island Developing States?
[[File:SIDS map en.svg|thumb|350px|A map of the Small Island Developing States.]] '''Small Island Developing States''' ('''SIDS''') are [[Elevation|low-lying]] [[coast]]al [[Country|countries]]. They share similar problems because of their size. Some of these problems are: small but growing [[population]]s, limited [[Natural resource|resources]], and long distances from other countries. The SIDS were first seen as a distinct group of [[developing countries]] at the [[Earth Summit (1992)|United Nations Conference on Environment and Development]] in June 1992. The [[Barbados Programme of Action]] was made in 1994 to help the SIDS to develop. == List of SIDS == Currently, the [[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]] lists 44 small island developing states.<ref>[http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/sid/list.htm List of SIDS] United Nations, Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States</ref> These are broken down into three geographic regions: the [[Caribbean]]; the [[Pacific]]; and [[Africa]], [[Indian Ocean]], [[Mediterranean]] and [[South China Sea]] (AIMS). Each of these regions has a regional organisation for [[wikt:cooperation|cooperation]]: the [[Caribbean Community]], the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] and the [[Indian Ocean Commission]]. * Caribbean #{{AIA}} #{{ATG}} #{{ARU}} #{{BAH}} #{{BAR}} #{{VGB}} #{{DMA}} #{{flag|Grenada}} #{{MSR}} #{{flag|Netherlands Antilles}} #{{PUR}} #{{SKN}} #{{LCA}} #{{VIN}} #{{TRI}} #{{VIR}} * Pacific #{{ASA}} #{{COK}} #{{FJI}} #{{flag|French Polynesia}} #{{GUM}} #{{KIR}} #{{MHL}} #{{flag|Micronesia}} #{{NRU}} #{{NCL}} #{{NIU}} #{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} #{{PLW}} #{{SAM}} #{{SOL}} #{{TON}} #{{TUV}} #{{VAN}} * Africa Indian Ocean Mediterranean South China Sea (AIMS) #{{BHR}} #{{flag|Brunei Darussalam}} #{{flag|Cabo Verde}} #{{COM}} #{{MDV}} #{{MRI}} #{{MON}} #{{STP}} #{{SEY}} #{{SGP}} == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.unohrlls.org/en