Mandate
The SIDS Unit Mandate
The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) of UN-DESA, seeks to provide leadership and catalyse action in promoting and coordinating implementation of internationally agreed development goals, including the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among other mandates, it hosts the secretariat for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the central platform within the United Nations system for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by Heads of State and Governments in September 2015. The 2030 Agenda is a new plan of action for people, planet and prosperity, with 17 SDGs and 169 associated targets at its core.
In addition, the Division houses the SIDS Unit mandated to undertake the Division’s core functions in support of the further implementation of the SAMOA Pathway, the Mauritius Strategy for the further Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action and the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.
The work of the Division and thus the SIDS Unit translates into six core functions:
- Support to UN intergovernmental processes on sustainable development;
- Analysis and policy development;
- Capacity development at the request of Member States;
- Inter-agency coordination; and
- stakeholder engagement, partnerships, communication and outreach; and
- Knowledge management.
The SIDS Unit approved Work Programme for 2017 -18 See: (Link)
