• Renewing commitment to the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States, world leaders agreed in 2014 to a landmark action plan at the conclusion of the United Nations Third International Conference on those nations held in Apia, Samoa.
  • Unanimously adopting the outcome document entitled “Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action” — SAMOA Pathway — the Heads of State and Government and other high-level representatives also reaffirmed that SIDS remained “a special case” for sustainable development due to their unique and particular vulnerabilities (document A/CONF.223/3).
  • The text set out new modalities of action on a range of issues, including sustainable, inclusive and equitable economic growth, climate change, sustainable energy, disaster risk reduction, sustainable use of marine resources, and means of implementing those objectives.