United Nations
A/RES/61/197
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 February 2007
Sixty-first session
Agenda item 53 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2006
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/61/422/Add.2)]
61/197. Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean
Sea for present and future generations
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the principles and commitments enshrined in the Rio Declaration
on Environment and Development, 1 the principles embodied in the Declaration of
Barbados, 2 the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States, 3 the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 4 and
the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 5 as well as other relevant declarations
and international instruments,
Recalling the Declaration and review document adopted by the General
Assembly at its twenty-second special session, 6
Taking into account all other relevant General Assembly resolutions, including
resolutions 54/225 of 22 December 1999, 55/203 of 20 December 2000, 57/261 of
20 December 2002 and 59/230 of 22 December 2004,
Taking into account also the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation
of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States, 7
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1
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June
1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales. No. E.93.I.8 and
corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
2
Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States,
Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April-6 May 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.I.18 and
corrigenda), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.
3
Ibid., annex II.
4
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August-4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I,
resolution 1, annex.
5
Ibid., resolution 2, annex.
6
See resolution S-22/2, annex.
7
Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius, 10-14 January 2005
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.05.II.A.4 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
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