SMALL ISLAND STATES

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MINISTERS attending a preparatory meeting for September's Mauritius UN summit on small island states have called for a reverse in declining aid flows. Overall assistance for small islands fell from US$2.3 billion in 1994 to $1.7 billion in 2002, the meeting heard.



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