Implementation of the Outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

A/RES/52/202View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98f Implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1996–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/224

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/224	Implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States	624	12%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/189B	Implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States	105	9%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/189A	Implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States	1,072	23%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/202	Implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States	1,270	23%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/183	Implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States	1,416	40%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Development Assistance Information Networks Institution Building Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Small Island Developing States Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,⁶ and welcomes in particular the action that has been taken by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat to support the system-wide implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States;4

⁶A/52/319.

Welcomes the action of the Secretary-General to restructure the Small Island Developing States Unit within the above-mentioned Department in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 49/122 of 19 December 1994 and 51/183 and his proposal to suitably strengthen the Unit;⁷

⁷Ibid., para. 20.

Appreciates the support that has been provided by the Commission on Sustainable Development in following up the implementation of the Programme of Action in accordance with resolution 49/122 and the Programme of Action itself, and welcomes the multi-year programme of work for the Commission on Sustainable Development, 1998-2002, as adopted by the Assembly at its nineteenth special session,⁸ pursuant to which the Commission will, inter alia, review the outstanding chapters of the Programme of Action;

⁸Resolution S-19/2, annex, appendix.

Decides to invite States members of the specialized agencies that are not members of the United Nations to participate in the two-day special session for the review and appraisal of the Barbados Programme of Action, and in the preparatory meetings therefor in the capacity of observers;

Welcomes the progress made by the United Nations Development Programme in implementing resolution 49/122, invites the Programme to continue to implement all the provisions of the technical assistance programme, known as SIDSTAP, and the small island developing States information network, known as SIDSNET, and welcomes the regional and subregional efforts by small island developing States that have enabled the commencement of the implementation of both programmes;

Also welcomes the actions taken by the regional commissions and organizations in support of activities related to the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development continues to have the strengthened capacity to carry out, in accordance with its mandate, the research and analysis necessary to complement the work of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs with respect to the implementation of the Programme of Action, and in that context notes with satisfaction the strengthening of the Office of the Special Coordinator for Least Developed, Landlocked and Island Developing Countries as reflected in the above-mentioned report of the Secretary-General, following the recent restructuring of the Conference;6

Calls upon Governments, as well as the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, other intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, to continue to take the necessary actions for effective follow-up to the Barbados Programme of Action, including action to ensure the provision of the means of implementation under chapter XV thereof, the commitments and recommendations that were made at the Global Conference, and the modalities that it adopted for the full and comprehensive review of the Programme of Action;

Takes note with appreciation of modalities that have been instituted by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, to mobilize resources, including technical capacity for small island developing States, with respect to the further implementation of the Programme of Action, and in that regard requests the Secretary-General to implement fully the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 51/183 and 51/185 of 16 December 1996;

Calls upon the bilateral and multilateral donor communities to mobilize adequate financial resources to supplement efforts by small island developing States, at both the national and the regional levels, in the implementation of the programmes referred to in paragraph 5 above, including support to existing regional and subregional institutions;

Welcomes the action taken by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, as regards a meeting between representatives of small island developing States and prospective bilateral and multilateral donors, and stresses the need for further collaboration among small island developing States and agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to facilitate preparation of project portfolios;⁹

⁹A/52/319, paras. 8-10.

Requests the secretariat of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, in cooperation with the international community, to enhance efforts in respect of coordination activities within the United Nations system and to strengthen national and regional partnerships for a disaster reduction strategy for the twenty-first century,¹⁰ including requirements for effective disaster reduction and prevention capacities and measures for small island developing States in line with resolution 51/183;

¹⁰Ibid., para. 14.

Urges the international donor community, including international financial institutions, to support adaptation efforts by small island developing States to cope with the threatening sea-level rise that may be experienced as a consequence of the impact of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere;

Welcomes the activities undertaken by the Global Environment Facility, in accordance with its operational strategy, and invites it, in accordance with relevant provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change¹¹ and the Convention on Biological Diversity,¹² and the decisions of its Council, to support further the objectives of the Barbados Programme of Action;

¹¹A/AC.237/18 (Part II)/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex I.

¹²See United Nations Environment Programme, Convention on Biological Diversity (Environmental Law and Institution Programme Activity Centre), June 1992.

Notes the progress in the development and compilation of a vulnerability index for small island developing States, in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and other relevant organizations, and invites all relevant actors to continue to support the Department of Economic and Social Affairs on further work in refining the index, as necessary;¹³

¹³A/52/319, paras. 3-7.

Invites the Commission on Sustainable Development, the United Nations Environment Programme and other relevant United Nations bodies, funds and programmes, and the World Tourism Organization, to develop urgently strategies with existing national, regional and subregional tourism organizations in small island developing States to further facilitate sustainable tourism development as an essential element towards an action-oriented international programme of work on sustainable tourism;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session, under the item entitled "Environment and sustainable development", the sub-item entitled "Implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States";

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report on actions taken to implement the present resolution and paragraph 10 of Assembly resolution 50/116 of 20 December 1995.

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