United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/17
Distr.: General
7 December 2000
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 23
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.24/Rev.1 and Add.1)]
55/17.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the
Caribbean Community
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 46/8 of 16 October 1991, 49/141 of 20 December
1994, 51/16 of 11 November 1996 and 53/17 of 29 October 1998,
Noting with satisfaction the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation
between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community, 1
Bearing in mind the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United
Nations on the existence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such
matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as are
appropriate for regional action and other activities consistent with the purposes and
principles of the United Nations,
Bearing in mind also the assistance given by the United Nations towards the
maintenance of peace and security in the Caribbean region,
Noting with satisfaction that the first general meeting between representatives
of the Caribbean Community and its associated institutions and of the United
Nations system was held in New York on 27 and 28 May 1997, and that the second
general meeting was held in Nassau on 27 and 28 March 2000,
Bearing in mind that, in its resolution 54/225 of 22 December 1999, it
recognized the importance of adopting an integrated management approach to the
Caribbean Sea area in the context of sustainable development,
Bearing in mind also that in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,
adopted by resolution 55/2 of 8 September 2000, heads of State and Government
resolved to address the special needs of small island developing States by
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A/55/215.