Welcomes the ongoing efforts of the Pacific Islands Forum to promote law enforcement cooperation, the rule of law and regional peace and security; requests that the UN continue to assist the Pacific Islands Forum to enable the timely implementation of relevant UN mandates, and invites States to contribute to the Biketawa Trust Fund, which is administered by the Pacific Islands Forum for confidence-building measures and conflict prevention; requests that the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat and UNDP, in cooperation with the Pacific Islands Forum, promote joint cooperative needs assessment missions in the region to determine additional support to enhance peacebuilding and reconciliation processes and to complement the activities of regional missions and mechanisms; urges all States to participate, at the highest level possible, in the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, to be held in Mauritius.

Adopted without vote, 50th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.