A/RES/59/311
1.
Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of
the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of
Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States; 12
2.
Endorses the Mauritius Declaration8 and the Mauritius Strategy for the
Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States;9
3.
Welcomes the renewed commitment of the international community to the
implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of
Small Island Developing States;2
4.
Urges Governments and all relevant international and regional
organizations, United Nations funds and programmes, the specialized agencies,
regional economic commissions, international financial institutions, the Global
Environment Facility, as well as other intergovernmental organizations and major
groups, to take timely actions to ensure the effective implementation of and followup to the Mauritius Declaration and the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation;
Calls for the full and effective implementation of the commitments,
5.
programmes and targets adopted at the International Meeting and, to this end, for
fulfilment of the provisions for the means of implementation, as contained in the
Mauritius Strategy for Implementation;
Encourages the implementation of partnership initiatives, within the
6.
framework of the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation, in support of the
sustainable development of small island developing States;
Recommends that the outcomes of the International Meeting be taken into
7.
consideration at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, to be held
from 14 to 16 September 2005, and in its preparatory process;
Requests the Secretary-General, through the Department of Economic
8.
and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, to articulate a plan with recommendations for
action and proposed activities for the coordinated and coherent implementation of
the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation by the relevant United Nations bodies,
the specialized agencies, regional commissions and other organizations of the
United Nations system within their respective mandates, and to report thereon to the
General Assembly at its sixtieth session;
Supports the convening by the Department of Economic and Social
9.
Affairs of regional meetings of small island developing States in 2005 or 2006, in
partnership with relevant regional organizations and stakeholders, for the follow-up
to the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation, funded from
voluntary contributions, and in this regard encourages Member States to contribute
to the Trust Fund for Small Island Developing States;
10. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to strengthen the Small
Island Developing States Unit of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, as
called for in its resolutions 57/262 of 20 December 2002, 58/213 A of 23 December
2003 and 59/229 of 22 December 2004 and taking into account paragraph 7 of the
present resolution, and urges the Secretary-General to ensure that the Unit is
sufficiently and sustainably staffed without delay to undertake its broad range of
mandated functions with a view to facilitating the full and effective implementation
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