Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments A/RES/67/79 management organizations and arrangements, have taken measures, as appropriate, towards the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement, in order to improve their management regimes, Welcoming also the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its Committee on Fisheries, and recognizing in particular the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (the Code) and other related instruments, including the international plans of action, which set out principles and global standards of behaviour for responsible practices for conservation of fisheries resources and the management and development of fisheries, as well as the 2005 Rome Declaration on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, Welcoming further the outcomes, including the decisions and recommendations, of the thirtieth session of the Committee on Fisheries, held in Rome from 9 to 13 July 2012, 4 Noting with concern that effective management of marine capture fisheries has been made difficult in some areas by unreliable information and data caused by, inter alia, unreported and misreported fish catch and fishing effort and that this lack of accurate data contributes to overfishing in some areas, Recognizing the significant contribution of sustainable fisheries to food security, income, wealth and poverty alleviation for present and future generations, Welcoming in this regard the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, entitled “The future we want”, as endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 66/288 of 27 July 2012, Recalling that in “The future we want”, 5 States were encouraged to give due consideration to implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, of the Committee on World Food Security of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Noting the ongoing work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the development of international guidelines on small-scale fisheries, including the conduct of further national and regional consultations and the convening of an intergovernmental technical consultation from 20 to 24 May 2013, Noting also the completion by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Labour Organization and the International Maritime Organization of new guidelines to assist competent authorities in the implementation of voluntary instruments on the design, construction and equipment of fishing vessels and a new safety standard for small fishing vessels, 6 Recognizing the urgent need for action at all levels to ensure the long-term sustainable use and management of fisheries resources through the wide application of the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches, _______________ 4 See Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document FIPI/R1012 (En). Resolution 66/288, annex. 6 International Maritime Organization, document MSC 89/25/Add.1, annex 16. 5 2/30