8. Welcomes the initial efforts of the small island developing States to develop the national and regional modalities necessary for the regional preparatory meetings, and calls upon the United Nations system in general and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat in particular, as well as the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, the multilateral financial institutions and the Global Environment Facility, to put in place modalities at the international level that will facilitate the meetings referred to in paragraphs 5 and 7 above in a timely manner;
8． 欢迎小岛屿发展中国家作出初步努力，为国家和区域参加区域筹备会议拟订所需的方式，并吁请整个联合国系统、尤其是秘书处经济和社会事务部，以及最不发达国家、内陆发展中国家和小岛屿发展中国家高级代表办事处、多边金融机构和全球环境基金，在国际一级及时实行各种方式，以便利举行上文第5和第7段所述的会议；