UN General Assembly
2013

consequences of climate change before they cripple us, and we want to accelerate the transition to renewable energy using clean, green technology. In May 2012, our region hosted the Conference on Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Small Island Developing States in Barbados and, together with UNDP and other international partners, we resolved to set targets for increasing the renewable component of our energy mix. Moreover, a month ago in Barbados, at the third interregional preparatory meeting for the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, to be held in Apia, Samoa, in 2014, SIDS reaffirmed their commitment and renewed calls for the world to pay attention to their special vulnerabilities. That is in keeping with the fourth principle of the Charter of the United Nations, which asserts that the Organization is to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of the common ends mentioned earlier. In that regard, we recognize a number of United Nations initiatives. First, we note that the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly