The States listed in paragraph 25 are all islands or groups of islands.

I know most people don't think of Israel as a small island, but Israel is an island it's a transportation island.

Dokdo is situated midway between the Korean peninsula and Japan s main island, roughly 115 nautical miles from each. But the islets are much closer to the nearest Korean island, Ulleungdo, than to Japan s Okishima.

21 United States Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, An update on the economies of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands , May 2004 (see www.doi.gov oia).

31 United States Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, An update on the Economies of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands , May 2004 (see www.doi.gov oia).

Island Nations Are Left Holding the Line

Soon after, hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels approached the islands to assert China s sovereignty. These vessels have lately been joined by an increasing number of Chinese surveillance forces, which periodically enter the waters surrounding the islands, sometimes leading to direct confrontation with Japanese patrol ships.

57 United States Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, Report on the State of the Islands, 1999, chap. 4.

Small island developing States

Small island developing States

10. Welcomes the contributions of donor countries to the strengthening of the Small Island Developing States Unit and the Small Island Developing States Information Network, and encourages other Member States to make contributions, in particular in support of the Network

The Heads of State and Government of AOSIS called on the UN System to enhance its support to SIDS.

The uninhabited island of Henderson, designated as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1988, is the largest of the group and the most productive of the three satellite islands.

Russian girls love Icelanders.

China is an advocate for the Diaoyu Island's sovereignty.

The Heads of State and Government of AOSIS in endorsing the SIDS Universities Consortium Initiative stressed the need for further capacity building measures in support of SIDS.

U.S. warships approached the South China Sea islands and reefs again

Some 30 per cent of the island's workforce is employed on Ascension, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and the United Kingdom their remittances to St. Helena total 2 million per year.

Marshall Islands, United States of America.

Likewise, a standoff between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea led to protests in Manila. And a long planned step forward in cooperation between South Korea and Japan was torpedoed when the South Korean president visited the barren island that Korea calls Dokdo, Japan calls Takeshima, and the United States calls the Liancourt Rocks.

Guam's representative to the United States Congress, Congresswoman Bordallo, stated that the new law was an important step forward for self governance in Guam .6

In 2005, the creation of a so called Takeshima Day by a local government in Japan triggered a public uproar in South Korea. But Japan has not shied away from the issue, with prominent political figures joining Takeshima Day celebrations each year.

In an effort to stimulate Chinese tourism to Guam, in 2004, the Government continued to seek approved destination status for Guam from the Chinese Government and simultaneously pursued the approval of the United States Government for a Guam only visa programme for direct flights from China.

Meanwhile, the Republic of Korea and Japan are engaged in a territorial standoff over the islets of Dokdo (called Takeshima in Japanese). In early August, Lee Myung bak became the first South Korean president to visit the islets

Meanwhile, the Republic of Korea and Japan are engaged in a territorial standoff over the islets of Dokdo (called Takeshima in Japanese). In early August, Lee Myung bak became the first South Korean president to visit the islets Japan s government responded by proposing to take the sovereignty issue to the International Court of Justice.

The international community should clearly express its indignation over the island's current situation and require the decontamination of the areas in question, their restitution to the population of Vieques and the economic development of the island in accordance with the wishes of its population.

In addition to the environment outlook reports, UNEP also launched four GIWA regional reports on the Indian Ocean islands, Caribbean Sea small islands, Caribbean islands, and Pacific islands.

Unfortunately, it was the national bank of Iceland.

Japan grabbed the islands as part of its empire building project after the Sino Japanese war in 1895 and the annexation of Korea in 1905. Prior sovereignty is unclear there were fishermen from Japan in Takeshima Dokdo, and some awareness of the Senkaku Diaoyu in imperial China.

The United Kingdom has no doubts about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory and their surrounding or adjacent maritime areas.

We have a common currency for eight of the eastern Caribbean countries, called the Windward and the Leeward Islands.

The Heads of State and Government of AOSIS expressed further concern that recent developments at the international level such as the 50 drop in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to SIDS, declining Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to SIDS, the diversion of development resources to meet new security obligations, the graduation of SIDS from concessionary resources, and new trade rules all serve to further exacerbate their growing vulnerabilities.

Hainan, as an international tourist island, is gradually paying attention to attract international tourists. We hope to improve their ability to match the status of international tourism island.

In 1994, Congress passed the Guam Excess Lands Act (Public Law 103 339) to return 3,200 acres to the people of Guam.

24 United States Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, Secretary's Conference on Business Opportunities in the Islands , 23 September 2004 (see www.businessopportunitiesconference.com).

Those claims reflect the illegitimate behaviour of the Iranian Government, which ignores all the historical, legal and demographic facts that prove these three islands the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa fall under the sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates.

Acknowledging the efforts of small island developing States to convene, in cooperation with the Small Island Developing States Unit of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, a series of capacity building workshops targeted at issues of specific relevance to small island developing States,

Acknowledging the efforts of small island developing States to convene, in cooperation with the Small Island Developing States Unit of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, a series of capacity building workshops targeted at issues of specific relevance to small island developing States,

Participation in the International Meeting on Small Island Developing States

These include Cape Verde, Thailand, and Solomon Island.

Against Marshall Islands, United States of America

Against Marshall Islands, United States of America

Costa Rica, Iceland, the Marshall Islands, Norway, Palau, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Switzerland subsequently joined the sponsors.

Question of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Tokelau, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands

Mr. Koonjul (Mauritius), speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), said that AOSIS aligned itself with the statement made by the representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.