United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/41 Distr.: General 16 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 22 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.26 and Add.1)] 57/41. 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, 53/17 of 29 October 1998 and 55/17 of 7 November 2000, 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 resolutions 54/225 of 22 December 1999 and 55/203 of 20 December 2000, 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 _______________ 1 02 54038 A/57/254.