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 SN Not Available 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 Nov 4, 2026