United Nations General Assembly A/RES/59/230 Distr.: General 16 February 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 85 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2004 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/59/483/Add.2)] 59/230. Promoting an integrated management approach to the Caribbean Sea area in the context of sustainable development The General Assembly, Reaffirming the principles and commitments enshrined in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 1 and the principles embodied in the Declaration of Barbados 2 and the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 3 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, 4 Taking into account all other relevant General Assembly resolutions, including resolutions 54/225 of 22 December 1999, 55/203 of 20 December 2000 and 57/261 of 20 December 2002, Taking into account also the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 5 and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 6 Noting with interest the respective partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by Governments, international organizations and major groups and announced at the Summit, _______________ 1 Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992 (United Nations publication, Sales. No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions adopted by the Conference, 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 See resolution S-22/2, annex. 5 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. 6 Ibid., resolution 2, annex. 04-49006