Considering that the Caribbean Sea area includes a large number of States, countries and territories, most of which are developing countries and small island developing States that are ecologically fragile, structurally weak and economically vulnerable and are also affected, inter alia, by their limited capacity, narrow resource base, need for financial resources, high levels of poverty and the resulting social problems and the challenges and opportunities of globalization and trade liberalization,
考虑到加勒比海区有数目众多的国家和领土，其中大多数为发展中国家和小岛屿发展中国家，它们生态脆弱，结构薄弱，在经济上易受打击，而且还受到诸如能力有限、资源基础狭窄、财政资源缺乏、贫穷人口众多及由此产生的社会问题、以及全球化和贸易自由化的挑战和机遇等因素的影响，