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receive from bilateral, regional and multilateral donor agencies as well as from
major groups, including non-governmental organizations, to ensure the timely
submission to the Commission on Sustainable Development at its twelfth session of
a synthesis report on the basis of the national, regional and interregional
preparations and reports by small island developing States and other parties;
18. Requests that the necessary resources, from within existing resources, be
provided to the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to ensure that
the goals and purposes of the International Meeting receive the widest possible
dissemination within Member States, major groups, including non-governmental
organizations, and national, regional and international media, including through the
Small Island Developing States Information Network, with a view to encouraging
contributions to and support for the International Meeting and its preparatory
process;
19. Expresses its appreciation for the contributions made to the voluntary
trust fund established for the purpose of assisting small island developing States to
participate fully and effectively in the International Meeting and its preparatory
process, as approved by the Economic and Social Council in resolution 2003/55 and
decision 2003/283, 14 and urges all Member States and organizations to contribute
generously to the fund;
20. Encourages the full and effective participation of developing countries in
the International Meeting, and invites donor countries and agencies to provide
additional extrabudgetary resources, in particular through voluntary contributions to
the trust fund, to facilitate their participation;
21. Welcomes the coordinating efforts undertaken in the United Nations
system through the creation of an inter-agency task force to enable the United
Nations system to improve coordination and enhance cooperation on matters
pertaining to the preparatory process and to the International Meeting itself;
22. Calls upon the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the
Secretariat, through the Division for Sustainable Development and its Small Island
Developing States Unit, 15 to undertake activities in both the preparatory processes
and the International Meeting to enhance coordination and cooperation within the
United Nations system as well as with other relevant multilateral organizations to
ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of and follow-up to the
outcomes of the ten-year review of the Programme of Action;
23. Calls upon the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States 16
to fulfil its mandate and to advocate strongly, in partnership with the relevant parts
of the United Nations as well as with major groups, media, academia and
foundations, for the mobilization of international support and resources for the
successful outcome of the International Meeting and for the follow-up to the
outcomes of the ten-year review of the Programme of Action;
24. Welcomes the generous contributions by donors to provide for staffing of
the Small Island Developing States Unit, and calls upon the Secretary-General to
explore practical options for strengthening the Unit, including by redeployment of
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See also A/C.2/58/4.
As mandated in the Programme of Action, para. 123, and in para. 15 of resolution 49/122.
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See resolution 56/227.
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