5th General Meeting of the United Nations System and CARICOM

The 5th General Meeting of the UN System and CARICOM will be held in New York on 9 and 10 February 2009.
Get informed by taking a look at A/63/228 which is the latest report on the implementation of resolutions concerning the participation of regional and other organizations in the work of the UN. Paragraphs 38 to 52 of this document provides an overview of "UN/CARICOM efforts aimed at strengthening peace, development and human rights and in relation to a variety of issues of particular interest to the region, such as the threat of organized crime, the effects of drug trafficking and global warming".
A/63/228 - S/2008/531 is entitled Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations: report of the Secretary-General.

(Note: A/63/228 is a double-symbolled document which is available on the UN Official Document System. It can also be searched using this symbol S/2008/531.)

Background (contributed by Sharon Brennen-Haylock)

UN/CARICOM Meetings take place every 2 years, alternatively in the region and in New York. The 4th UN/CARICOM Meeting took place in Guyana in 2007 (CARICOM Press release), and the report of that meeting was debated at the recent 63rd UN General Assembly (GA). It culminated in a resolution entitled Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (draft resolution A/63/L.38 to be issued as A/RES/63/34). The upcoming February 2009 meeting will review the status of cooperation between the UN and CARICOM, and will also form the basis of the report to be submitted to the GA at its 65th session.
Resolution adopted at 61st session: A/RES/61/50