At its 82nd plenary meeting, on 17 May 2013, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President,30 recalling its resolution 67/207 of 21 December 2012, in which it welcomed the offer of the Government of the Independent State of Samoa to host the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in 2014, decided that the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States would be held from 1 to 4 September 2014 in Apia, to be preceded by activities related to the Conference from 28 to 30August 2014, also in Apia.