Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA)
Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme
of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
A/RES/73/228
Reaffirming also the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 2 2 June 2012,
entitled “The future we want”, 7
Reaffirming further its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”, in which
it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and
transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, it s commitment to
working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition
that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty,
is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable
development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three
dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated
manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development
Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business,
Reaffirming its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action
Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which
is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda, supports and complements it, helps to
contextualize its means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions,
and reaffirms the strong political commitment to address the challenge of financing
and creating an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development in the
spirit of global partnership and solidarity,
Reaffirming also its resolution 71/243 of 21 December 2016 on the quadrennial
comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United
Nations system, in which it urged the United Nations development system to enhance
its support for the implementation of, inter alia, the Samoa Pathway and called upon
the entities of the development system to integrate and mainstream it fully into their
operational activities for development,
Reaffirming further its resolution 72/279 of 1 June 2018, and welcoming the
efforts of the Secretary-General to better position the United Nations operational
activities for development to support countries in their efforts to implement the 2030
Agenda,
Recalling its resolutions 72/217 of 20 December 2017 and 72/307 of 27 July
2018, and all relevant previous resolutions, 8
Recalling also the outcome documents and decisions of all United Nations
conferences and processes related to the sustainable de velopment priorities of small
island developing States, including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015–2030, 9 and recognizing that disasters, many of which are
exacerbated by climate change and which are increasing in frequency and intensi ty,
significantly impede progress towards sustainable development in small island
developing States,
Reaffirming the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito from
17 to 20 October 2016, 10
Welcoming the meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable
development on the theme “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient
societies: SIDS perspective”, held in New York on 11 July 2018,
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Resolution 66/288, annex.
See resolutions 70/202, 69/288, 69/217 and 69/15.
Resolution 69/283, annex II.
Resolution 71/256, annex.
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