Invites the Secretary-General to continue taking the necessary measures for promoting and expanding cooperation and coordination between UN and the Caribbean Community; requests the Secretary-General of UN 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 2 organizations; notes the areas of cooperation approved by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs in the final communiqué of the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of Ministers Responsible for Foreign Affairs, 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; peacekeeping; diplomatic training; governance and development in the Caribbean; and the strengthening of the Regional Secretariat Information Base; calls upon the UN Secretary-General, 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 1st general meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community and its associated institutions and of the UN system be held in 1997.

Adopted without vote, 56th meeting

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Adopted at the 56th plenary meeting, 11 Nov. 1996.