Specific measures in favour of island developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1994
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SymbolA/RES/49/100
TitleSpecific measures in favour of island developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Welcomes the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and the Declaration of Barbados, adopted at the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, held at Bridgetown, from 25 Apr.-6 May 1994; calls upon the international community to implement all the commitments achieved and the recommendations made at the Barbados Conference and to take the necessary action to give effective follow-up to the Programme of Action, and, in relation to trade and development issues with respect to island developing countries, reiterates the appeals made in paragraph 6 of resolution 47/186; invites the Commission on Sustainable Development to convene, during its session in 1996, a high-level panel to discuss the challenges faced by island developing countries, particularly in the area of external trade, and to assist the Commission in its review of the implementation of the Programme of Action agreed at the Barbados Conference, and also invites UNCTAD to organize that panel in cooperation with the Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development.
Action note1994-12-19
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 92nd meeting
Meeting record
A/49/PV.92
Agenda information
A/49/251 88a Trade and development. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Date[New York] : UN, 24 Feb. 1995.
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3 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 92nd plenary meeting, 19 Dec. 1994.