Brussels, 14/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - At the UN conference on the sustainable development of the small island developing states (SIDS), which came to an end in Mauritania (Indian Ocean) on Friday, the European Union reassured these small vulnerable islands that they would receive greater support.
The magnitude of the tragedy caused by the tsunami of 26 December 2004 demonstrated, if necessary, the growing vulnerability of these small states whose specific circumstances had already been...