Towards the Sustainable Development of the Caribbean Sea for Present and Future Generations

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 49b Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2007–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/204

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/204	Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations	3,855	80%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/163	Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations	3,308	77%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/214	Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations	3,039	92%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/229	Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations	2,824	86%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/224	Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations	2,547	84%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

8 reports · 2010–2024

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2024	A/79/399	Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/163
2022	A/77/146	Sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/214
2020	A/75/277	Sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/229
2018	A/73/225	Sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/224
2016	A/71/265	Sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/216

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Recognizes that the Caribbean Sea is an area of unique biodiversity and a highly fragile ecosystem that requires relevant regional and international development partners to work together to develop and implement regional initiatives to promote the sustainable conservation and management of coastal and marine resources, including, inter alia, the consideration of the concept of the Caribbean Sea as a special area in the context of sustainable development, including its designation as such without prejudice to relevant international law;

Takes note of the efforts of the Caribbean States and the work undertaken by the Caribbean Sea Commission of the Association of Caribbean States, including, inter alia, the development of their concept of the designation of the Caribbean Sea as a special area within the context of sustainable development, and invites the international community to support such efforts;

Welcomes the plan of action adopted by the Caribbean Sea Commission, including its scientific and technical components and governance and outreach components, and invites the international community and the United Nations system to support, as appropriate, Caribbean countries and their regional organizations in their efforts to implement the plan of action;

Recognizes the efforts of Caribbean countries to create conditions leading to sustainable development aimed at combating poverty and inequality, and in this regard notes with interest the initiatives of the Association of Caribbean States in the focal areas of sustainable tourism, trade, transport and natural disasters;

Calls upon the United Nations system and the international community to assist, as appropriate, Caribbean countries and their regional organizations in their efforts to ensure the protection of the Caribbean Sea from degradation as a result of pollution from ships, in particular through the illegal release of oil and other harmful substances, and from illegal dumping or accidental release of hazardous waste, including radioactive materials, nuclear waste and dangerous chemicals, in violation of relevant international rules and standards, as well as pollution from land-based activities;

Invites the Association of Caribbean States to submit a report to the Secretary-General on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution, for consideration during the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly;

Calls upon all States to become contracting parties to relevant international agreements to enhance maritime safety and promote the protection of the marine environment of the Caribbean Sea from pollution, damage and degradation from ships and ship-generated waste;

Supports the efforts of Caribbean countries to implement sustainable fisheries management programmes and to meet the principles of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;¹³

¹³International Fisheries Instruments with Index (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.98.V.11), sect. III

Calls upon States, taking into consideration the Convention on Biological Diversity,¹⁴ to develop national, regional and international programmes to halt the loss of marine biodiversity in the Caribbean Sea, in particular fragile ecosystems such as coral reefs and mangroves;

¹⁴United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1760, No. 30619.

Invites Member States and intergovernmental organizations within the United Nations system to continue their efforts to assist Caribbean countries in becoming parties to the relevant conventions and protocols concerning the management, protection and sustainable utilization of Caribbean Sea resources and in implementing them effectively;

Calls upon the international community, the United Nations system and the multilateral financial institutions, and invites the Global Environment Facility, within its mandate, to support actively the national and regional activities of the Caribbean States towards the promotion of the sustainable management of coastal and marine resources;

Expresses deep concern about the severe destruction and devastation caused to several countries by heightened hurricane activity in the wider Caribbean region in recent years;

Urges the United Nations system and the international community to continue to provide aid and assistance to the countries of the Caribbean region in the implementation of their long-term programmes of disaster prevention, preparedness, mitigation, management, relief and recovery, based on their development priorities, through the integration of relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction into a comprehensive approach to sustainable development;

Acknowledges the pivotal role of the Association of Caribbean States in regional dialogue and in the consolidation of a wider Caribbean cooperation zone in the field of disaster risk reduction, as well as the importance of the international community in deepening existing cooperation and consolidating new initiatives with that regional mechanism within the context of the outcomes of the High-level Conference on Disaster Reduction of the Association of Caribbean States, held in Saint-Marc, Haiti, from 14 to 16 November 2007, and the plan of action approved by the Ministerial Council of the Association upon the recommendation of the Conference;

Invites Member States, international and regional organizations and other relevant stakeholders to consider training programmes for the development of a human resource capacity at different levels and to developing research aimed at enhancing the food security of Caribbean countries, as well as the sustainable management of renewable marine and coastal resources;

Calls upon Member States to improve as a matter of priority their emergency response capabilities and the containment of environmental damage, particularly in the Caribbean Sea, in the event of natural disasters or of an accident or incident relating to maritime navigation;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to it at its sixty-fifth session, under the sub-item entitled “Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States” of the item entitled “Sustainable development”, on the implementation of the present resolution, including a section on the possible legal and financial implications of the concept of the Caribbean Sea as a special area within the context of sustainable development, including its designation as such without prejudice to relevant international law, taking into account the views expressed by Member States and relevant regional organizations.

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