Participation in the International Meeting on Small Island Developing States

Many nations, large and small, are now well on the way to meeting this projection.

8. Invites the International Meeting to consider fully the modalities for strengthening the Small Island Developing States Unit, including the Small Island Developing States Network, to enable it to assist effectively in the implementation of the outcomes of the International Meeting

The first knowledge of the meeting outside the small group came when Kraft wrote his 2001 autobiography.

What is needed is a focused high level meeting that brings together a small number of essential political leaders.

Soon after the summit, I was invited to a small, high level meeting to discuss the summit s follow up.

The meeting resulted in the adoption of a pilot programme on small arms and light weapons control and an international framework for the national commission on small arms and light weapons.

International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

The International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States,

The Meeting also highlighted the fact that a one size fits all approach cannot not apply to small island developing States.

Our objective is to introduce minimum common international controls on small arms and light weapons transfers within the United Nations Programme of Action at the United Nations review meeting on small arms in 2006.

For small scale CDM project activities meeting the criteria specified in decision 17 CP.7 and relevant decisions by the COP MOP, project participants may use simplified modalities and procedures for small scale projects.

The UNCCD secretariat participated in the International Meeting on Small Island Developing States held in Mauritius from 10 to 14 January 2005.

It would thus be advisable to make some perhaps small but constructive steps towards meeting each other's expectations and rebuilding mutual confidence.

Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

The Mauritius International Meeting for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States produced the Mauritius Declaration and the Mauritius Strategy for implementation.

The International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States was opened on 10 January 2005 by the Secretary General of the International Meeting.

At the same meeting, the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States made a statement (ibid.).

Almost every delegation represented at the International Meeting referred to the vulnerability of small island developing States to disasters such as the recent tsunami.

The meeting resulted in the adoption of a pilot programme on small arms and light weapons control, an institutional framework for the national commission on small arms and light weapons and a number of documents related to this topic.

The meeting, among other things, will hear of strides made in our region in preventing and punishing illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons.

The Mauritius International Meeting was the culmination of more than a decade of efforts by small island developing States and by our partners in the international community to elaborate a framework for the sustainable development of small island developing States.

In March 2005, UNIDIR participated in a joint Department for Disarmament Affairs League of Arab States Small Arms and Light Weapons capacity building meeting in Algiers.

Two years ago, at the first Biennial Meeting of States to review the implementation of the Programme of Action to Combat the Illicit Trade in Small Arms, the number of illicit small arms circulating in West Africa was cited at 8 million.

The idea was to keep the meeting small and informal by limiting it to a number that could fit into the library of the chateau at Rambouillet.

Mr. Vassilakis (Greece) I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today's meeting on the very serious subject of small arms and light weapons.

In the Mauritius Strategy for the further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, adopted at the International Meeting, the small island developing States undertook to strengthen their respective national frameworks for more effective disaster management.

13. Encourages associate members of the regional commissions that are small island developing States to participate in the International Meeting, and decides that their participation shall be in accordance with rule 61 of the provisional rules of procedure of the International Meeting

Mr. Holliday (United States of America) Mr. President, I would like to thank you for organizing today's meeting on this important issue of small arms and light weapons.

Takes note of the report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States 8

c International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius, 10 14 January 2005.

Also at the same meeting, the Under Secretary General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States addressed the Commission.

The Meeting should therefore serve to remind the international community that the small island developing States still needed its assistance to tackle their own problems and for their development.

Your own presence, Mr. President, and that of the Secretary General at the International Meeting which were very highly appreciated and which enhanced the profile of the Meeting attested to the prime importance you both attach to the cause of small island developing States.

The first Biennial Meeting of Member States on the Implementation of the 2001 Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons was held in July 2003 to exchange experiences.

Thanks the offer of the Republic Tunisia to host an experts group meeting on Promoting the Activities of Small and Medium sized Enterprises in the field of production and exports.

At the 21st meeting, on 28 October, the representative of Mali orally revised the ninth preambular paragraph by inserting the word illicit before the words small arms and light weapons .

Mr. Sopoaga (Tuvalu) said that, as noted in the report of the Secretary General (A 60 401), the underlying emphasis of the Mauritius International Meeting on Small Island Developing States had been sustained implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.

As recognized at the international meeting for the 10 year review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, held last week in Mauritius, the tsunami has shown in stark terms the vulnerability of developing States, including small island developing States.

Tango lived with a small boy in a small village.

5. Also decides that the meeting of States to consider the implementation of the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, shall be held within the framework of the biennial meeting of States

5. Recalls that the meeting of States to consider the implementation of the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, shall be held within the framework of the biennial meeting of States

At its __ meeting, on __ January, the Main Committee approved the following changes to the text of the draft strategy for the further implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and recommended them to the International Meeting for adoption.