DECISION No.4/XCIX/14 OF THE 99TH SESSION OF THE ACP COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HELD IN NAIROBI, KENYA, FROM 16 TO 18 JUNE 2014
THE ACP DECLARATION ON THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS)

The ACP Council of Ministers,

Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from 16th to 18th June 2014,

A. RECALLING the decision made by the Committee of Ambassadors at its 871st meeting, held on 27th March 2014, mandating the Ad-hoc Working Group (AWG) on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, to develop an ACP Declaration on the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS);

B. RECOGNIZING the special environmental and developmental challenges facing all ACP States particularly, Small Island Developing Countries (SIDS) and Landlocked States, in achieving Sustainable Development;

C. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Report of the Committee of Ambassadors on the Ad-hoc Working Group (AWG) on the Post-2015 Development Agenda;

HEREBY DECIDES TO:

1. Approve the ACP Declaration on the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (ACP/84/028/14 Final);

2. Commend the Committee of Ambassadors for its efforts in developing the ACP Declaration on the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS); and

3. Mandate the Committee of Ambassadors tomake the necessary arrangements to enable the Declaration to be delivered during the Third International Conference on SIDS in Apia, Samoa.

Done at Nairobi, 18 June 2014

Dr. Abdallah Omari Kigoda

Minister for Industry and Trade of the UnitedRepublic of Tanzania
President of the ACP Council of Ministers