A/RES/55/17 implementing the Barbados Programme of Action 2 and the outcome of the twentysecond special session of the General Assembly 3 rapidly and in full, Affirming the need to strengthen the cooperation that already exists between entities of the United Nations system and the Caribbean Community in the areas of economic and social development, as well as of political and humanitarian affairs, Convinced of the need for the coordinated utilization of available resources to promote the common objectives of the two organizations, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community, 1 as well as efforts to strengthen that cooperation; 2. Welcomes the signing on 27 May 1997 by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community of a cooperation agreement between the secretariats of the two organizations; 3. Calls upon the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to continue to assist in furthering the development and maintenance of peace and security within the Caribbean region; 4. Invites the Secretary-General to continue to promote and expand cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community in order to increase the capacity of the two organizations to attain their objectives; 5. Urges the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to cooperate with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community in order to initiate, maintain and increase consultations and programmes with the Caribbean Community and its associated institutions in the attainment of their objectives, with special attention to the areas and issues identified at the second general meeting, as set out in the report of the Secretary-General, as well as resolutions 54/225 and 55/2; 6. Welcomes the initiatives of Member States in assisting in the cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community; 7. Recommends that the third general meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community and its associated institutions and of the United Nations system be held in 2002 in New York in order to review and appraise progress in the implementation of the agreed areas and issues and to hold consultations on such additional measures and procedures as may be required to facilitate and strengthen cooperation between the two organizations; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 2 Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (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 II). 3 See resolution S-22/2. 2