Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 25 Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 1995–2023

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/77/337

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2023	A/RES/77/337	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community	2,550	57%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/323	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community	2,509	25%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/347	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community	630	24%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/329	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community	2,542	50%Compare
2015	A/RES/69/265	Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community	2,155	27%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Caribbean Region Consultations Cooperation Between Organizations Regional Cooperation Specialized Agencies

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community,1 as well as his efforts to strengthen that cooperation;

Invites the Secretary-General to continue taking the necessary measures for promoting and expanding 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;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, or their representatives, to hold consultations with a view to signing an agreement on cooperation between the two organizations;

Notes the areas of cooperation approved by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs in the final communiqué of the twenty-second meeting of the Standing Committee of Ministers Responsible for Foreign Affairs,4 namely, follow-up to the global conferences; the advancement of the new international human order; law of the sea; follow-up and implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States; the development of poverty reduction programmes; peace-keeping; diplomatic training; governance and development in the Caribbean; and the strengthening of the Regional Secretariat Information Base;

Also notes the special role played by States members of the Caribbean Community in the restoration of democracy in Haiti and in its participation in the United Nations Mission in Haiti;

Calls upon the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to assist in furthering the development of peace and security within the Caribbean region;

Recommends that the first general meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community and its associated institutions and of the United Nations system be held in 1997 for the purpose of holding consultations on projects, measures and procedures to facilitate and strengthen cooperation between those organizations;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, or their representatives, to encourage inter-agency, sectoral and focal point meetings on areas of priority or mutually agreed issues;

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, and in this connection welcomes the special relationship between the Caribbean Community and the United Nations Development Programme;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community".

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