General Assembly

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3 May 1994

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Agenda item 9 (b) 
 
 CONSIDERATION OF PLANS AND PROGRAMMES TO SUPPORT THE SUSTAINABLE 
 DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES AND THE UTILIZATION 
 OF THEIR MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES, WHICH INCLUDES MEETING 
 ESSENTIAL HUMAN NEEDS, MAINTAINING BIODIVERSITY, AND IMPROVING 
 THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ISLAND PEOPLE, AS WELL AS MEASURES THAT 
 WILL ENABLE SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES TO COPE EFFECTIVELY, 
 CREATIVELY AND IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES 
 AND TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS ON AND REDUCE THE THREATS POSED TO 
 MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES: CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT 
 PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL 
ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES 
 
Report of the Main Committee 
 
Rapporteur: Mr. Takao SHIBATA (Japan) 
 
Addendum 
 
Chapter XI 
 
Regional institutions and technical cooperation 
 
1.The Main Committee held a number of informal meetings on chapter  
XI of the draft programme of action and considered it at its ...  
meeting, on ... May. 
 
2.At the same meeting, the Committee decided that paragraph 48  
should read as follows: 
 
"Regional organizations, both United Nations and non-United  
Nations, can play a key role to facilitate efficient and  
effective assistance to small island developing States.  
Regional organizations are also useful vehicles, in many  
instances, for implementation of regional programmes.  
Programming, administrative and implementation capacities of  
those bodies can further be improved with the support of  
member nations and other donors." 
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