RT null T1 Relevance and Application of The Principle of Precautionary Action To The Caribbean Environment Programme - CEP Technical Report 21 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 Caribbean Environment Programme, K1 precautionary principle K1 Caribbean region K1 environmental agreement YR 1993 FD 1993 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28754 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28754 NO The Fifth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Caribbean Environment Programme and Second Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Cartagena Convention, Kingston, 17-18 January 1990, requested the Secretariat by Decision 16 to study in depth the mechanism of application of the Principle of Precautionary Action and to prepare a document for consideration by the next Intergovernmental and Contracting Parties Meeting.This document responds to this request by providing a definition of the precautionary principle and an explanation of its working, together with an outline of approaches taken in defining the principle by other institutions NO https://www.unenvironment.org/cep DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 18, 2026