At its 47th plenary meeting, on 24 July 2003, the Economic and Social Council, recalling General Assembly resolution 57/262 of 20 December 2002 and reiterating the provisions of draft resolution II adopted by the Commission on Sustainable Development at its eleventh session,71 in particular its paragraph 9, recommended to the Assembly that travel and subsistence allowance for participants from small island developing States to the preparatory meetings and the international meeting to undertake a comprehensive review of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States72 be provided from the funds designated by donors for that purpose in the voluntary trust fund established by the Assembly in resolution 57/262.
