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VANUATU:

On behalf of the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS), Amb. Robert Van Lierop focussed on the Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. AOSIS strongly supports the resumption of the PrepCom and assured other delegates that the resumed session should start where the September session left off -- no formal debates or speeches. The objective would be to clear up as much of the outstanding issues as possible prior to the Barbados Conference. In addition, they want to begin work on the Barbados Declaration and incorporate views of the recently held World Coast Conference into the final document. He also added that AOSIS members would like to have informal consultations with interested delegations to accelerate the work of the PrepCom.