At the seventeenth session , it was reported that the Trust Fund established for the purpose of facilitating the preparation of submissions to the Commission for developing States , in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States , had assets of approximately one million dollars . Cooperation was envisaged between the Division and the Global Resource Information Database ( GRID ) -Arendal with regard to training courses . Members of the Division had participated as instructors at a training course organized by GRID-Arendal in Nairobi , attended by trainees from Kenya , Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania .