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C. International implementation:
The section on finance
states that the implementation of the Programme of Action will
require the provision of effective means, including "adequate,
predictable, new and additional financial resources in accordance
with Chapter 33 of Agenda 21" to reflect the increased significance
attached to sustainable development considerations in SIDS. Other
financial recommendations include: honoring financial commitments
contained in Agenda 21, including better and more efficient use of
ODA and other existing external sources of finance; the provision
of concessional financial and technical assistance, and grant
assistance; use of the restructured Global Environment Facility
(GEF) as an important channel of assistance; and improved attention
to the needs and priorities of SIDS within international
institutions. With regard to trade, the Programme of Action calls
for an open and non-discriminatory trading system and enhancing
access to markets for the exports of SIDS. Special effort is needed
to assist SIDS to increase their production and exports, and to
develop better functioning and transparent international commodity
markets. Recommendations for action by the international community
on technology transfer include: promoting of, and access to,
environmentally-sound technologies; dissemination of information
regarding available technology; improving the endogenous capacity
of SIDS to absorb and manage environmentally-sound technologies;
financing access to and the transfer of environmentally-sound
technologies; and protecting intellectual property rights. Other
recommendations are on the subjects of information,
capacity-building, and legislation and training. SIDS and the
international community are also urged to continue work on the
development of vulnerability indices and other indicators that
reflect the status of SIDS and integrate ecological fragility and
economic vulnerability.
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