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DECIDE:UNEP/LAC-IG.XVII/6Page 491. To request the agencies of the ITC to take into account the specialcircumstances of SIDs in the implementation of the RAP, when implementing theirprogramme of work addressing the environmental component of the BPOA and theMSI.2. To request the Inter-agency Technical Committee of the Forum to providetechnical and financial support for the implementation of the BPOA and the MSI, aswell as to facilitate the strengthening of the institutional capacity for the CaribbeanSIDS at the national, sub-regional and regional levels.3. To call on UNEP to maintain and further develop its technical programme forSmall Island Developing States in the LAC region and to allocate dedicated technicaland financial resources to facilitate its implementation, within available resources.4. To request UNEP to continue its support to the Caribbean Community ClimateChange Centre (CCCCC) as a means of strengthening the sub-region’s institutionaland technical capacity.5. To request UNEP to provide additional support, within available resources, forthe efforts being undertaken by Caribbean SIDS in greening their economies, inparticular the transformation of Dominica into an environmentally sound organicisland, the low carbon development strategy being pursued by Guyana and theBarbados and Suriname green economy initiatives.6. To request UNEP to continue support to the sub-region towards achievingeconomic sustainable development, particularly in the environmental component ofthe CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).7. To request ITC agencies to continue supporting Caribbean SIDS participation inthe Marrakech Process for the development of the 10 YFP on SCP; including thedevelopment, mobilization of resources and execution of the Caribbean Sub-Regional Action Plan as proposed by the 4th Regional Meeting of GovernmentExperts on SCP and reaffirmed at the second sub-regional meeting in Guyana in2010, and the mainstreaming of SCP principles in national policies, programmesand projects.8. To request ITC agencies to support countries of the region in identifying gaps inthe existing data, information and capacity for environmental monitoring,assessment and decision-making, including ILAC Indicators in SIDS, and make theefforts to fill the gaps through institutional building.9. To encourage all development partners to support Caribbean SIDS to developand strengthen their environmental awareness programmes, campaigns andmaterials targeting all stakeholders including decision makers public and privatesectors and the civil society.10. To request UNEP to continue working with their partners to provide technicaland financial support, within available resources, for the ongoing PartnershipInitiative on Sustainable Land Management.11. To re-establish the Ministerial Support Group, to facilitate deeperSouth-South cooperation between Latin American countries and Caribbean SIDS.