A/RES/54/224 Page 2 Bearing in mind the over three hundred projects that were presented for financing within the context of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States 2 at the meeting of representatives of donors and small island developing States held in New York from 24 to 26 February 1999,3 1. Reiterates the significance of the effective implementation of the Declaration1 and review document1 adopted at the twenty-second special session of the General Assembly; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the Declaration and review document to the various organs of the United Nations system and the regional commissions and organizations, taking into account the areas identified in the review document for priority action, and urges them to take the action necessary for further implementation and effective follow-up; 3. Calls upon Governments, the regional commissions and organizations and other intergovernmental organizations to support the efforts of the small island developing States, taking into account those areas identified in the review document for priority action, and urges them to take the action necessary for the further implementation of and effective follow-up to the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States;2 4. Calls upon all stakeholders, in particular local communities, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to take the action necessary for the further implementation of and effective follow-up to the Programme of Action; 5. Emphasizes the need for the provision of resources for the further implementation of the Programme of Action; 6. Urges all relevant organizations to finalize, preferably before the end of 2000, the work on the development of a vulnerability index, in particular for the small island developing States, which would assist in defining the vulnerability of those States and in identifying the challenges to their sustainable development, for consideration by the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly at the appropriate time; 7. Welcomes the acknowledgement by the Committee for Development Policy that the concept of vulnerability should be included explicitly in the identification criteria for the least developed countries,4 and notes the ongoing discussions on the new criteria proposed by the Committee; 2 Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April-6 May 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.I.18 and corrigenda), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 3 See A/S-22/4. 4 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 13 (E/1999/33), chap. I.C. /...