Tuvalu report on the assessment of the Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Actions for Small Islands Developing States, and the Mauritius Strategy for the further implementation of the BPOA

Abstract

Tuvalu is a ‘special case’ (Agenda21, UNCED1992), challenged by its unique vulnerabilities. Its sovereignty rights and unique island features provide it with amazing beauty and potential opportunities. But its extreme small size, and geographical fragmentation and isolation also present the country with enormous social, economic and environmental challenges, two of which are of particular concern: its marginalization in global decisions-making impacting on its already vulnerable people, and its long term security to survive and exist as a nation.