UN General Assembly
2009

The lessons of the past year have reinforced our support for reform of the international financial institutions. In particular, we look forward to the outcome of the just-concluded meeting of the Group of 20 in Pittsburgh as further crucial and concerted action following the measures taken in Washington and London. Despite the uncertain global economic and financial climate, we remain committed to making further progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which remain a core component of our national development planning. Much of that progress has been reliant on our own 37 09-52586 domestic efforts, but it has also been assisted by our development partners. In that regard, we support the Secretary-General’s convening of a special summit on the MDGs in 2010 as a final push towards 2015. Further, the high-level review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, to be carried out the same year, offers us, as small island developing States, a fresh opportunity to take stock of progress and areas