Ministerial Conference on

Environment and Development

in Asia and the Pacific 2000

Kitakyushu, Japan 31 August - 5 September 2000

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Introduction

One objective of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development to be held in Kita-Kyushu City, Japan from the 31st of August to the 5th of September, 2000 will be to assess progress made by Small Island Developing States of the Pacific towards the implementation of the Programme of Action for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States as adopted in the Barbados Conference 1994 and the Regional Action Programme for Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development 1996 - 2000 adopted at MCED3, in November 1995 at Bangkok.

This analysis will result in recommendations for the Regional Action Programme 2001-2005 and will contribute to the regional message to the Rio + 10 review of Agenda 21 to take place in 2002.

This site provides:

1. A brief State of the Environment of the Pacific Islands with links to in-depth reviews of each topic.
2. An analysis of progress made by the Pacific island countries towards implementing sustainable development following the Barbados Conference with hyperlinks to additional background information;
3. Critical concerns that still need to be met and recommendations for achieving greater progress in achieving the goals of the action plans with hyperlinks to additional background information.
4. A vision statement and recommendations for the Pacific island contribution to the Rio+10 review in 2002.
5. Background information with more in-depth coverage of the overview papers.
6. A links page to other sites of importance to sustainable development in the Pacific Islands.

Last updated: May 18, 2000.