A/RES/59/229 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 February 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 85 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2004 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/59/483/Add.2)] 59/229. Further implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States The General Assembly, Recalling the Declaration of Barbados 1 and the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 2 adopted by the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, and recalling also its resolution 49/122 of 19 December 1994 on the Global Conference, Recalling also its resolutions 58/213 A of 23 December 2003 and 58/213 B of 10 June 2004, Recalling with appreciation the offer by the Government of Mauritius to host the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Welcoming the preparatory activities undertaken at the national, regional and international levels for the International Meeting, 1. Recalls its decision, in resolution 58/213 B, to convene the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States from 10 to 14 January 2005; Decides to hold two days of informal consultations in Mauritius, on 8 2. and 9 January 2005, to facilitate the effective preparation of the International Meeting; Urges that representation and participation at the International Meeting 3. be at the highest possible level; 4. Takes note of the report of the Commission on Sustainable Development, acting as the preparatory meeting for the International Meeting; 3 _______________ 1 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 I. 2 Ibid., annex II. 3 A/CONF.207/3. 04-49000