This publication highlights UNEP efforts since 1994, with emphasis on the last five years of assisting SIDS in implementing the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. Preparing for the International Meeting in Mauritius in 2004, it outlines a renewed way forward. UNEP is confident that joint efforts with governments, regional organizations, institutions and civil society in SIDS and with the international community at large, in the years ahead, will yield the yearned fruits of well-being for present and future generations in SIDS