UN General Assembly
2010

disappointing. The vulnerability of small island developing States (SIDS) has worsened. To address this partnership gap, Solomon Islands calls for a special category for SIDS within the United Nations system. There is also a need for a firmer link between the SIDS Programme and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, to ensure that support is received from within our Organization. This session will also see the convening of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in May 2011. We are equally pleased that the General Assembly launched a process of national, regional and global reviews during the last session. We look forward to working with all in achieving a comprehensive, action-oriented and meaningful outcome to the Conference. My delegation wishes to acknowledge our new partners Luxembourg and Portugal, for their support, respectively, for the Melanesian Spearhead Group and Solomon Islands external students. We remain grateful to all partners from the South and North, including Cuba, Italy, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan and our traditional partners the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and my regional neighbours.