Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community

A/RES/65/242View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 122e Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community, published in 2011.

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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

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21 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,⁵ in particular paragraphs 41 to 54 on the Caribbean Community, concerning efforts to strengthen and deepen cooperation;

⁵A/65/382-S/2010/490.

Calls upon the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in association with the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, as well as the relevant regional organizations, to continue to assist in furthering the development and maintenance of peace and security within the Caribbean region;

Invites the Secretary-General to continue to promote and expand cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community so as to increase the capacity of the two organizations to attain their objectives;

Calls for, in this context, vastly increased efforts by developed countries to strengthen the multilateral development framework to enable the United Nations development system to respond more effectively to the needs of programme countries, so that they, including the countries of the Caribbean Community, can pursue their development efforts on the basis of secure and predictable funding;

Urges the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to enhance their cooperation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community with a view to intensifying their consultations and programmes of cooperation with the Caribbean Community and its associated institutions in the attainment of their objectives;

Expresses appreciation for the active cooperation being extended by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the purpose of enhancing the technical performance of the media in the region;

Calls upon the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to intensify their assistance to the countries of the Caribbean in addressing the social and economic consequences of the vulnerability of Caribbean economies and the challenges that this poses for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the goal of sustainable development;

Notes the continuing cooperation between the United Nations Development Programme and the Caribbean Community, inter alia in support of implementing the Caribbean Community Single Market and Economy, strengthening democratic institutions and mechanisms for citizen security and strengthening capacities to address issues related to climate change;

Also notes the cooperation between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Caribbean Community aimed at the design and implementation of programmes for enhancing the industrial development capacity of the countries of the Caribbean Community and competitiveness in the Caribbean Community Single Market and Economy;

Further notes the various cooperation activities between the Caribbean Community and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, including the Regional Food Security Project, designed to increase agricultural output, promote food security, increase income and employment opportunities and enhance the international competitiveness of the agriculture sector and its contribution to the sustainable development of the region;

Invites the organizations of the United Nations system, as well as Member States, to increase financial and other assistance to the countries of the Caribbean Community to help to implement the priorities of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS, which sets out realistic targets for reducing the rate of new infections, raising the quality and coverage of care, treatment and support and building institutional capacity, and to cope with the problems and the burden caused by the HIV/AIDS pandemic;

Stresses the urgent need for the reopening of the office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the region so as to reinforce the efforts of the States of the region in their struggle against the interrelated scourges of drugs, violent crime and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons;

Expresses appreciation for the cooperation received from the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat in the implementation of the annual commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March;

Requests the Department of Public Information, in cooperation with the countries concerned and relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, to continue to take appropriate steps to enhance public awareness worldwide of the commemorative activities and the permanent memorial initiative, and to continue to facilitate efforts to erect the permanent memorial at United Nations Headquarters;

Expresses appreciation for the continuing support and cooperation being received from the Department of Public Information in the preparatory activities for establishing a permanent memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, in keeping with General Assembly resolution 62/122 of 17 December 2007 and subsequent resolutions;

Stresses the critical importance of implementing the decisions adopted at the High-level Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States,3 including through the mobilization of financial and technological resources, as well as capacity-building programmes;

Calls upon the United Nations, including its specialized agencies, organizations and programmes, to assist in the preparatory process for the high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases and to provide support to Member States, as appropriate, leading up to the meeting;

Welcomes the initiatives of Member States in assisting in the cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community, and encourages their continuing efforts;

Also welcomes the convening in 2011 of the sixth general meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community and its associated institutions on the one hand and of the United Nations system on the other, 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, including the updating of the Regional Strategic Framework;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”.

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