Comprehensive Review of United Nations System Support for Small Island Developing States

Requests the Joint Inspection Unit, on the basis of the recommendations and findings outlined in its report, to conduct a comprehensive review of United Nations system support for small island developing States, with a view to enhancing the overall effectiveness of such support and respective roles in supporting the sustainable development of small island developing States in order to ensure a coherent and coordinated approach by the United Nations system to further improve and strengthen its overall effectiveness and delivery with respect to small island developing States and the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States,Error: Reference source not found the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing StatesError: Reference source not found and the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway,Error: Reference source not found and emphasizes that the review should be undertaken in the most efficient and cost-effective manner;

Requests that the initial findings of the review and the recommendations thereon be included in the regular report of the Secretary-General to be submitted to the General Assembly at its seventieth session under the sub-item entitled “Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States” of the item entitled “Sustainable development”, and notes that the complete results should be included as an addendum to the report before the end of the seventieth session;

Requests the Joint Inspection Unit, taking into account the ongoing intergovernmental negotiation processes and the limited time frame available to present its initial findings, to begin, as soon as possible, its review in relation to recommendations 2, 3 and 4 of its report.