A/RES/69/15 United Nations Distr.: General 15 December 2014 General Assembly Sixty-ninth session Agenda item 13 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 November 2014 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/69/L.6)] 69/15. SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 66/288 of 27 July 2012, in which it decided to organize, in 2014, the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States at the highest possible level, as well as its resolutions 67/207 of 21 December 2012 and 68/238 of 27 December 2013 and its decision 67/558 of 17 May 2013, 1. Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government and the people of Samoa for hosting the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in Apia from 1 to 4 September 2014 and for providing all the necessary support; 2. Endorses the outcome document of the Conference, entitled “SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway”, which is annexed to the present resolution. 51st plenary meeting 14 November 2014 Annex SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway Preamble 1. We, the Heads of State and Government and high-level representatives, having met in Apia from 1 to 4 September 2014 at the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, with the full participation of civil society and relevant stakeholders, reaffirm our commitment to the sustainable development of small island developing States. This can be achieved only with a broad alliance of people, governments, civil society and the private sector all working together to achieve the future we want for present and future generations. 2. We reaffirm the commitments we made at United Nations conferences and summits on sustainable development: the Rio Declaration on Environment and 14-64816 (E) *1464816* Please recycle

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