June 2014: The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has released the Draft Organization of Work for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The conference will be held from 1-4 September 2014, in Apia, Samoa. It will be preceded by activities related to the conference from 28-30 August 2014, also in Apia, Samoa.

The overarching theme of the Third International Conference on SIDS is ‘The Sustainable Development of SIDS through Genuine and Durable Partnerships.’ The conference will include six multi-stakeholder partnership dialogues, held in parallel with the plenary meetings. The Draft Organization of Work contains the schedule of both the plenary meetings and of the multi-stakeholder partnership dialogues. [The Draft Organization of Work]