UN General Assembly
2013

sustainability while tackling climate-change challenges. The concept of establishing a Pacific Regional Data Repository for Sustainable Energy for All is aimed at focusing on all energy-related projects to be sourced, including all projects implemented in the Pacific, reflecting best practices as well as those that have not been so successful. The lack of bankable data in the region causes a disconnect from the true value of assistance from our development partners, whereby 60 per cent of project financing is absorbed by technical assistance, pilot projects, pre-feasibility studies and only 40 per cent, and in some cases less, on hardware. The Pacific Regional Data Repository for Sustainable Energy for All has an ambitious goal of implementation whereby the Pacific small island developing States, with the assistance of their developing partners, will gift to the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, to be held in 2014 in Samoa, a documented process under which this has been achieved and which may be shared by all regional groups of the United Nations. I therefore urge all relevant stakeholders to work