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UNEP/LAC-IG.XVII/6Page 482. To request the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD and the Regional CoordinationUnit of the UNCCD, in consultation with the Regional Executive Committee of theUNCCD and with the support of the Secretariat of the Forum and the ITC, to draft aproposal for the operationalization of the RIFS, to be submitted to the EighteenthMeeting of the Forum, in line with the 10-Year Strategy of the UNCCD. Thisproposal shall define its financial mechanisms – including the possibility of specificfinancing from the GEF in the context of its fifth replenishment cycle – as well asthe operational modalities, actions, and institutional responsibilities that areneeded.3. To request, as pertinent, to the Forum Secretariat, the Global Mechanism andthe Regional Coordination Unit of the UNCCD that in permanent consultation withthe Parties by means of the Regional Executive Committee, the results achieved inmonitoring this decision are reported in line with corresponding institutionalmandates and at the next meeting of the Forum.Decision 9Small Island Developing States (SIDS)Recognizing the special vulnerabilities and particular structural circumstances asregards to small size, extreme open exposure to economic crises, the concentrationof narrow range of basic export products, limited capacity for diversification andhigh susceptibility to natural disasters as articulated by Agenda 21, the BarbadosProgramme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States(BPOA), the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) and the MauritiusStrategy for Implementation (MSI);Recognizing the importance of the role of the UN Agencies in particular theGM/UNCCD, UNCCD Secretariat, UNEP and FAO in facilitating the implementation ofthe Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Land Management and also the investmentmade by Government of Trinidad and Tobago in the establishment of the supportoffice hosted by the Caribbean Network, for Integrated Rural Development;Taking into account decision 4 of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Forum ofMinisters of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, and Decision five ofthe Sixteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin Americaand the Caribbean;Acknowledging the role played by the Ministerial Support Group on South-SouthCooperation between Latin American countries and Caribbean SIDS under theChairmanship of Chile in supporting the Implementation of the Caribbean SIDSProgramme;Recognizing the ongoing processes toward the development of a ten yearframework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) andUNEPs role in facilitating the preparation of the Caribbean sub regional action planon SCP within the Marrakesh process;Taking into account the results of the five-year review meeting on the progressof the BPOA/MSI that was held in Saint George’s, Grenada in March 2010, and itsOutcome Statement which includes priority issues and the way forward;