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 _______________ 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. 06-50619

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