Specific Measures in Favour of Island Developing Countries

A/RES/49/100View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 88a Trade and development, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1985–1995

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/100	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	678	—
1993	A/RES/47/186	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/202	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/189	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	959	—
1987	A/RES/41/163	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Conferences Development Assistance Development Finance Development Strategies Export Development Financial Assistance Programmes of Action Small Island Developing States Sustainable Development Trade Facilitation

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9 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the States, organizations and bodies, within and outside the United Nations system, that have responded to the special needs of island developing countries;

Welcomes the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States 2/ and the Declaration of Barbados,⁴ adopted at the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, held at Bridgetown, from 25 April to 6 May 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the Barbados Conference);

⁴Ibid., annex I.

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on a development strategy for island developing countries;⁵

⁵A/49/227 and Add.1 and 2.

Welcomes the efforts made by island developing countries at national and regional levels to enhance their international competitiveness and to expand their trading opportunities;

Calls upon the international community to implement all the commitments achieved and the recommendations made at the Barbados Conference and to take the necessary action to give effective follow-up to the Programme of Action, and, in relation to trade and development issues with respect to island developing countries, reiterates the appeals made in paragraph 6 of resolution 47/186;

Notes the valuable role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in support of island developing countries, as recalled in resolution 47/186, and welcomes the provision made in paragraph 13 of its resolution 49/122 of 19 December 1994 for strengthening the capacity of the Conference to carry out, in accordance with its mandate, research and analysis necessary to complement the work of the Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development of the Secretariat;

Invites the Commission on Sustainable Development to convene, during its session in 1996, a high-level panel to discuss the challenges faced by island developing countries, particularly in the area of external trade, and to assist the Commission in its review of the implementation of the Programme of Action agreed at the Barbados Conference, and also invites the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to organize that panel in cooperation with the Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to monitor and review in a coordinated manner, inter alia, within the Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development and the secretariats of the Commission on Sustainable Development and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the concerns and needs of island developing countries;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution and, in recognition of the complementarity between the follow-up to the Barbados Conference and ongoing island developing country programmes, further requests the Secretary-General to take measures to provide for integrated reporting on, and synergetic consideration of, these issues.

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