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outcome of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, to
be held in Nagoya, Japan;
26. Also recognize the need to address the specific trade- and developmentrelated needs and concerns of small island developing States so as to enable them to
fully integrate into the multilateral trading system in accordance with the Doha
mandate on small economies, 7 and agree to facilitate the accession of small island
developing States to the World Trade Organization, where appropriate, through
enhanced technical assistance;
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27. Urge development partners, in view of the current global economic
situation, to further pay due attention to the unique and particular vulnerabilities of
small island developing States in the context of their trade and partnership
agreements and trade preference programmes, in accordance with World Trade
Organization rules and provisions, to help economic recovery in those States;
28. Reiterate the importance of aid for trade as a means of delivering
coordinated, effective and targeted trade-related technical assistance and capacitybuilding programmes, as established in the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration of
2005, 8 and in this context call for assistance to be provided, where appropriate, to
address the special constraints of small island developing States with respect to
building their supply-side capacities and their competitiveness, as part of their
national development strategies;
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29. Acknowledge that the specific circumstances of each small island
developing State should be taken into account in addressing long-term debt
sustainability and that better access to international capital markets needs to be
ensured for small island developing States;
30. Urge the international financial institutions to continue to take into
account the specific circumstances, situations and vulnerabilities of each small
island developing State to enable them to have adequate access to financial
resources, including concessionary financing for investment in sustainable
development;
31. Reiterate the importance for development partners of implementing
concrete measures in support of the transition strategy for small island developing
States that have recently graduated or are about to graduate from least developed
country status so as to ensure the sustainability of the progress made, and recognize
the importance of the review of the criteria used in determining graduation from
least developed country status within the relevant United Nations mandates;
32. Request the Secretary-General to include a chapter in his report to the
General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on the follow-up to and implementation
of the Mauritius Strategy on the collection, analysis and dissemination of data on
the sustainable development of those States, and to make recommendations on how
to address the challenges relating to these issues;
33. Also request the Secretary-General, since the present review has
highlighted some shortcomings in the institutional support for small island
developing States as well as other constraints to the full and effective
implementation of the Mauritius Strategy and the Barbados Programme of Action, to
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World Trade Organization, document WT/MIN/(01)/DEC/1, para. 35. Available from http://docsonline.wto.org.
World Trade Organization, document WT/MIN(05)/DEC. Available from http://docsonline.wto.org.