| The
United Nations General Assembly, in July 2005, adopted
Resolution A/RES/59/311 entitled "International
Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme
of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States." In
paragraph 9 of the Resolution, the General Assembly indicates
its support for "… the convening by the Department
of Economic and Social Affairs of Regional Meetings of
Small Island Developing States in 2005 or 2006, in partnership
with relevant regional organizations and stakeholders,
for the follow-up of the implementation of the Mauritius
Strategy for Implementation…"
Earlier Decision
of CARICOM Heads of Government
Additionally,
it will be recalled that at the Sixteenth Inter-Sessional
Meeting of the Conference (February 2005, Suriname),
Heads of Government requested the Secretary-General
of CARICOM to spearhead the convening of a regional
consultation to map a strategy for the implementation
of the MSI.
In pursuance of the decision of the Conference and the
UN Resolution, the CARICOM Secretariat, the UN Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and other agencies
in the Region, consulted with a view of organising a
Caribbean Regional Meeting to pursue implementation
of the Mauritius Strategy.
The purpose of
the three-day Consultation - to which all Caribbean
Countries and Territories were invited - was to identify
concrete programmes/projects and other actions to pursue
implementation of the MSI at both the national and regional
levels. In paragraph 84 of the MSI, SIDS undertake,
with the necessary support of the international community,
including through the facilitation and improvement of
access to existing resources and, where appropriate
through allocation of dedicated financial resources,
to take action in several priority areas in order to
address their most urgent sustainable development challenges.
The main objective
of the consultation was to facilitate the identification
of specific programmes and projects to give effect to
the undertakings set out in the MSI. 
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