Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
Information
1 - 4 September 2014, Apia, Samoa
- SAMOA Pathway - outcome document
- SIDS Action Platform - follow up website to SIDS 2014 Conference
- Conference website
Partnerships and Multi-stakeholder partnership dialogues
The overarching theme of the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States was "The sustainable development of small island developing States through genuine and durable partnerships".
The Conference included six multi-stakeholder partnership dialogues, held in parallel with the plenary meetings.
Nearly 300 partnerships were registered towards the Conference, addressing a the various priority areas:
Sustainable Economic Development
Climate change & Disaster Risk management
Social development in SIDS, Health and NCDs, youth and women
Sustainable Energy
Oceans, Seas and Biodiversity
Water and sanitation, food security and waste management
Statements & Presentations
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Number of statements/presentations: 137
Opening Session
Samoa
Hon. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister
President of the General Assembly
H.E. John W. Ashe, Plenary AM Session
Secretary General of the United Nations
H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, Plenary AM Session
Statements
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
Plenary AM Session
Angola
Hon. Manuel Augusto, Plenary PM Session
Antigua and Barbuda
Hon. Charles Fernandez
Argentina
H.E. Fernando Escalona
Australia
Senator Brett Mason, Plenary PM Session
Austria
H.E. Helmut Boeck, Plenary AM Session
Bahamas
H.E Phillip Davis, Plenary PM Session
Bahrain
Hon. Tawfeeq Ahmed Al Mansoor, Plenary AM Session
Bangladesh
H.E. Mohammed Shahriar Alam, Plenary PM Session
Barbados
H.E. Freundel Jerome Stuart, Plenary AM Session
Belize
H.E. Lisel Alamilla, Plenary AM Session
Benin
H.E. Jean-Francis Regis ZINSOU, Plenary PM Session
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Elizabeth Sandra Gutierrez, Plenary AM Session
Brazil
H.E. Eduardo Ricardo Gradilone Neto, Plenary AM Session
British Virgin Islands
Plenary PM Session
Canada
Hon, David Anderson, Plenary PM Session
Carbo Verde
H.E. Jose Maria Perreira Neves, Plenary PM Session
Chad
Mr Papouri Tchingonbe Patchanne, Plenary PM Session
Chile
H.E. Isauro Torres, Plenary AM Session
Commonwealth
Plenary PM Session
Comoros
H.E. Ikililou Dhoinine, Plenary AM Session
Convention on Biological Diversity
Mr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Plenary AM Session
Cook Islands
H.E. Henry Puna, Plenary PM Session
Costa Rica
Mr William Calvo, Plenary PM Session
Cuba
HE. Elba Rosa Perez MONTOYA, Plenary AM Session
Czech Republic
Hon. Ivan Jancarek, plenary AM Session
Denmark
H.E. Ib Petersen, Plenary PM Session
Dominica
H.E. Kenneth Darroux, Plenary AM Session
Dominican Republic
Hon, Juan Monegro, Plenary PM Session
Egypt
H.E. Hassan El-Laithy, Plenary AM Session
El Salvador
H.E. Ruben Ignacio Zamora, Plenary AM Session
Estonia
Mr. Väino Reinart, Plenary PM Session
European Union
Mr Andris Piebalgs, Plenary AM Session
Fiji
Hon. Pita Wise, Plenary PM Session
Finland
Hon. Petteri Taalas, Plenary AM Session
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Mr Jose Graziano Da Silva, Plenary PM Session
France
H.E. Annick GIRARDIN, Plenary AM Session
Germany
PSS. Rita Schwarzeluhr-Sutter, Plenary PM Session
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Plenary AM Session
Grenada
Hon.Keith C. Mitchell, Plenary AM Session
Guinea-Bissau
H.E. Joao Soares DA Gama, Plenary PM Session
Guyana
Hon. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Plenary PM Session
India
H.E. Anumula Gitesh Sarma, Plenary AM Session
Indian Ocean Commision
Mr Jean Claude de I'estrac, Plenary AM Session
Indonesia
H.E. Gary Jusuf, Plenary PM Session
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Mr Felipe Nainoca, Plenary AM Session
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Mr Min Zhu, Plenary AM Session
International Organization of La Francophonie
Mr. Marcel Lacharite, Plenary AM Session
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dr Cosmas Zavazava, Plenary AM Session
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Plenary PM Session
Italy
Hon. Pissell Lapo, Plenary AM Session
Jamaica
H.E. Arnold J Nicholson, Plenary AM Session
Japapn
Hon. Takao Makino, Plenary PM Session
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Ms. Sophie Barton-Knott
Kazakhstan
H.E. Erlan Idrissov, Plenary AM Session
Kiribati
H.E. Anote Tong, Plenary PM Session
Major Group: Children & Youth
Plenary AM Session
Major Groups: Indigenous Peoples
Mr Petero Qaloibau, Plenary AM Session
Major Groups: Local Authorities
Ms. Florence Pignolet-Tardan
Major Groups: NGOs
Plenary AM Session
Major Groups: Science and Technology
Plenary PM Session
Major Groups: Women
Ms Shirley Tagi, Plenary PM Session
Malaysia
H.E. Dato' Sri Arifah Aman, Plenary AM Session
Maldives
H.E. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Plenary PM Session
Marshall Islands
H.E. Mr Christopher J. Loeak, Plenary AM session
Mauritius
H. E. Arvin Boolell, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mexico
H.E. Yanerit Morgan, Plenary PM Session
Micronesia (Federated States of)
H.E. Emanuel Mori, Plenary AM Session
Morocco
Hon. Abderrahim Kadmiri, Plenary AM Session
Nepal
H.E. Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Plenary PM Session
New Caledonia
H.E Anthony LECREN, Plenary PM Session
New Zealand
H.E. Akili Kuresa Nasau, Plenary AM Session
Norway
SS. Hans Brattskar, Plenary PM Session
Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS)
Mr Gyan Chandra Acharya, Plenary AM Session
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Mr James Movik, Plenary AM Session
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Mr Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Pleanary AM Session
Pakistan
H.E. Zehra Akbari, Plenary PM Session
Palau
H.E. Tommy Remengesau, Plenary AM Session
Papua New Guinea
H.E. Peter O'Neill, Plenary PM Session
Phillipines
H.E. Virginia Benavidez, Plenary AM Session
Portugal
H.E. Dr. Luis Campos Ferreira, Plenary AM Session
Republic of Korea
H.E. Kim Seong-in, Plenary PM Session
Romania
H.E. Simona Miculescu, Plenary PM Session
Russian Federation
Mr. VASSILY NEBENZIА, Plenary AM Session
Saint Kitts and Nevis
H.E. Denzil Douglas, Plenary PM Session
Saint Lucia
Hon James Fletcher, Plenary PM Session
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
H.E. Camillo M. Gonsalves, Plenary AM Session
Samoa
H.E. Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo, Plenary AM Session
Samoa
Hon. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister, Ceremony to hand-over the conference venue to the United Nations
Samoa
Hon. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister, Flag Lowering Ceremony
Samoa
Hon. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister, Cultural Opening Ceremony
Sao Tome and Principe
H.E. Natalia Pedro da Costa Umbelina NETO, Plenary AM Session
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Mr Collin Tukuitonga, Plenary AM Session
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Mr David Sheppard, Plenary AM Session
Singapore
H.E. Masagos Zulkifli, Plenary AM Session
Solomon Islands
H.E. Manasseh Maelanga, Plenary PM Session
South Centre
Ms Mariama Williams, Plenary AM Session
Spain
Plenary PM Session
Sri Lanka
H.E. Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, Plenary PM Session
Suriname
H.E Henry MACDONALD, Plenary PM Session
Sweden
Hon. Anna Lindstedt, Plenary AM Session
Switzerland
H.E. Ivo Sieber, Plenary AM Session
Thailand
H.E. Manasvi Srisodapol, Plenary AM Session
The Netherlands
H.E. Michiel G. Eman, Plenary PM Session
Timor-Leste
H.E. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, Plenary PM Session
Tonga
H.E. Lord Tu'ivakano, Plenary PM Session
Trinidad and Tobago
Hon. Mr Winston Dookeran, Plenary AM Session
Turkey
H.E. Mehmet Ceylan, Plenary PM Session
Tuvalu
H.E. Enele Sosene Sopoaga, Plenary PM Session
UN Women
Ms. Roberta Clarke
United Arab Emirates
Hon. Majid Al Suwaidi, Plenary AM Session
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H.E. Jonathan Sinclair, Plenary AM Session
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Mr Olav Kjorven, Plenary PM Session
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Plenary AM Session
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Mr Melchiade Bukuru, Plenary AM Session
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary General and Secretary-General of the International Conference on Small Island Developing States, Flag Lowering Ceremony
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Ms. Helen Clarke, Plenary AM Session
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Mr Daniele Violetti, Plenary PM Session
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Mr Timoth Wilcox, Plenary AM Session
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Mr Laurent Zessler, Plenary AM Session
United Republic of Tanzania
H.E. Ali Mohamed Shein, Plenary AM Session
United States of America
Hon. John Holdren, Plenary PM Session
Uruguay
Hon. Dr Ricardo Varela, Plenary AM Session
Vanuatu
H.E. Joe Natuman, Plenary PM Session
Venzuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Hon Xoan Noya, Plenary PM Session
Vietnam
H.E. Nguyen Hong Cuong, Plenary PM Session
Zambia
H.E. Ngoma Mwelwa Chibesakunda, Plenary PM Session
Closing Session
Samoa
Hon. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary General and Secretary-General of the International Conference on Small Island Developing States
Pre-Conference activities
SIDS T.A.L.A.V.O.U. Pre-Conference Forum - Youth Forum
- Youth Forum Outcome Document
- Mr. Wu Hongbo, Conference Secretary-General, Opening of Major Groups and Other Stakeholders Forum (Statement)
Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum
- Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum Outcome Document
- Concept Note Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum
- Preliminary Agenda of Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum
- Mr. Wu Hongbo, Conference Secretary-General, Opening of Major Groups and Other Stakeholders Forum (Statement)
- European Union Statement at Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum (Statement)
Renewable Energy Forum
- Outcomes and Recommendations on Renewable Energy Forum
- Concept Note & Programme of Renewable Energy Forum
Private Sector Forum
Introduction
United Nations Member States formally adopted the outcome document of the Conference, the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action - or SAMOA Pathway - in which countries recognized the need to support and invest in these nations so they can achieve sustainable development.
The SIDS Action Platform was developed to support the follow up to the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS Conference), including through a partnerships platform, a partnerships framework, and a UN Implementation Matrix.
Documentation
Outcome Documents
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A/CONF.223/10 - Report of the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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Resolutions and decisions
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A/RES/67/207 - Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
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A/RES/68/238 - Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
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A/RES/69/15 - SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway
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Meeting reports
- AIMS Regional Meeting Outcome Document
- Barbados Declaration
- Caribbean Regional Meeting Outcome Document
- Caribbean Regional Meeting Report
- Caribbean Regional Synthesis Report
- Initial outcomes of EGM on International Year of SIDS
- Needhams Point Bridgetown Declaration
- Outcome of the Inter-regional preparatory meeting for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
- Pacific Regional Meeting Outcome Document
- Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Emerging Issues from the Perspective of the Small Island Developing States
- Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Oceans, Seas and Sustainable Development: Implementation and follow-up to Rio+20
- Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Small Island Developing States and the Post-2015 Agenda
- Réunion Island Declaration on Sustainable Tourism in Islands
- Synthesis of the three regional outcomes, prepared by DESA
- The Nadi Outcome document - Accelerating Integrated Approach to Sustainable Development
Provisional agenda
Programme
Background papers/Special studies
- Financing for Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States
- Global Sustainable Development Report - Relevance for SIDS
- Guidance note - Participants in the Interactive Partnership Dialogue
- Population and Development in SIDS 2014
Logistics
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A/CONF.223/2 - Provisional rules of procedure
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A/CONF.223/4 - Organizational and procedural matters
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A/CONF.223/INF/1 - Information for participants
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General Assembly
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A/67/L.66 - Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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Journal
- SIDS 2014 Journal No 1 (English)
- SIDS 2014 Journal No 1 (French)
- SIDS 2014 Journal No 2 (English)
- SIDS 2014 Journal No 2 (French)
- SIDS 2014 Journal No 3 (English)
- SIDS 2014 Journal No 3 (French)
- SIDS 2014 Journal No 4 (English)
- SIDS 2014 Journal No 4 (French)
Preparatory Documents
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A/CONF.223/PC/1 - Annotated provisional agenda
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A/CONF.223/PC/2 - Letter dated 24 December 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
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A/CONF.223/PC/3 - Draft provisional rules of procedure of the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/PC/3/Rev.1 - Draft provisional rules of procedure the International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/PC/4 - Letter dated 16 May 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General of the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/PC/5 - Arrangements for accreditation and participation of relevant non-governmental organizations and other major groups in the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/PC/7 - Letter dated 23 June 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations addressed to the Preparatory Committee for the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/PC/8 - Report of the Preparatory Committee for the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/PC/INF/1 - List of delegations
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A/CONF.223/PC/INF/2 - List of delegations
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A/CONF.223/PC/L.1 - Arrangements for accreditation and participation of relevant non-governmental organizations and other major groups in the preparatory process and in the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/PC/L.2 - Arrangements for accreditation and participation of relevant non-governmental organizations and other major groups in the preparatory process and in the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/PC/L.3 - Draft report
[Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish] - Opening Ceremony Programme
Meetings coverage
- Meetings Coverage - Sep 1 (English)
- Meetings Coverage - Sep 1 (French)
- Meetings Coverage - Sep 2 (English)
- Meetings Coverage - Sep 3 (English)
- Meetings Coverage - Sep 3 (French)
- Meetings Coverage - Sep 4 (English)
- Meetings Coverage - Sep 4 (French)
Other documents
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A/CONF.223/5 - Participation of intergovernmental organizations in the work of the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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A/CONF.223/L.2 - Expression of thanks to the people and Government of Samoa
[Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish] - SIDS 2014 Conference Logo
- SIDS 2014 Conference Logo (eps file)
- SIDS 2014 Conference Logo Guidelines
Partnership Dialogues
- Concept Note - Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management
- Concept Note - Oceans & Seas and Biodiversity
- Concept Note - Social development in SIDS, Health and NCDs, youth and women
- Concept Note - Sustainable Economic Development
- Concept Note - Sustainable Energy
- Concept Note - Water and sanitation, food security and waste management
- Final summary - Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
- Final summary - Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (Spanish)
- Final summary - Oceans, Seas, and Biodiversity
- Final summary - Social development in SIDS, Health and NCDs, Youth and Women
- Final summary - Sustainable Economic Development
- Final summary - Sustainable Energy
- Final summary - Water and sanitation, food security and waste management
- Partnerships Brief - Climate change & Disaster Risk management
- Partnerships Brief - Oceans, seas and biodiversity
- Partnerships Brief - Social development in SIDS, Health and NCDs, youth and women
- Partnerships Brief - Sustainable Economic Development
- Partnerships Brief - Sustainable energy
- Partnerships Brief - Water and sanitation, food security and waste management
- Preliminary Programme - Climate change & Disaster Risk management
- Preliminary Programme - Oceans, seas and biodiversity
- Preliminary Programme - Social development in SIDS, Health and NCDs, youth and women
- Preliminary Programme - Sustainable Economic Development
- Preliminary Programme - Sustainable energy
- Preliminary Programme - Water and sanitation, food security and waste management
Side events
- Programme of Side Events - Final Preparatory Committee meeting
- Programme of Side Events - Intersessional meeting
- Programme of Side Events of 1st Preparatory Committee Meeting
- Side event - Addressing Structural Deficiencies in Knowledge Gaps on Vulnerabilities in SIDS
- Side event - Country Vulnerability Resilience Profile
- Side event - Fostering Private Sector Partnerships in SIDS
- Side event - Sustainable Energy: Placing Renewable Energy / Energy Efficiency at the Centre of the Sustainable Development of SIDS
Press releases
- Countries ready to partner with small island developing states at UN Conference
- Countries to discuss partnership opportunities with Small Island Developing States ahead of UN Conference
- Leaders call 2014 Samoa Conference on Small Islands Key Step in Building Durable Partnerships for Sustainable Development
- Media advisory Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
- Recognizing special circumstances facing small island developing states, UN Conference in Samoa generates more than $1.9 billion in partnerships for sustainable development
- Small Island States Look to 2014 Conference to Promote Partnerships that Advance Sustainable Development
- UN Press release - Ahead of UN conference, countries seek to boost partnerships with small island developing states
- UN Press release - Recognizing special circumstances facing small island developing states, UN Conference in Samoa generates more than $1.9 billion in partnerships for sustainable development
- UN Press release - Small Island Developing States kick off series of meetings in New York ahead of major UN conference
Pre-Conference Activities
- CaFAN position paper
- Co-Chairs’ Summary of the Private Sector Partnerships Forum
- Concept Note & Programme of Renewable Energy Forum
- Concept Note Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum
- Concept Note of Private Sector Forum
- European Union Statement at Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum
- Islands Declaration on Climate Change
- La Réunion Communique
- Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum Outcome Document
- Mr. Wu Hongbo, Conference Secretary-General, Opening of Major Groups and Other Stakeholders Forum
- Mr. Wu Hongbo, Conference Secretary-General, Opening of Welcoming Ceremony of the Youth Forum
- Outcomes and Recommendations on Renewable Energy Forum
- Preliminary Agenda of Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum
- Private Sector Forum website
- Programme of Private Sector Forum
- Programme of Youth Forum
- Youth Forum Outcome Document
Publications
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