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
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Cooperation within the United Nations system
164. Requests the relevant parts of the United Nations system, international
financial institutions and donor agencies to support increased enforcement and
compliance capabilities for regional fisheries management organizations and their
member States;
165. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to
continue its cooperative arrangements with United Nations agencies on the
implementation of the international plans of action and to report to the SecretaryGeneral, for inclusion in his annual report on sustainable fisheries, on priorities for
cooperation and coordination in this work;
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Activities of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
166. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the report on
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, prepared by the
Division, 20 as well as for the other activities of the Division, which reflect the high
standard of assistance provided to Member States by the Division;
167. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to carry out the
responsibilities and functions entrusted to him by the Convention, the Agreement
and the related resolutions of the General Assembly and to ensure the allocation of
appropriate resources to the Division for the performance of its activities under the
approved budget for the Organization;
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168. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of all States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, the organizations
and bodies of the United Nations system, subregional and regional fisheries
management organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, and to
invite them to provide the Secretary-General with information relevant to the
implementation of the present resolution;
169. Notes the desire to further improve the efficiency of and the effective
participation of delegations in the informal consultations concerning the annual
General Assembly resolution on sustainable fisheries, decides that the informal
consultations on this resolution will be held in a single round of consultations in
November for a period of six days, and invites States to submit proposals for
inclusion in the text of the resolution to the Coordinator of the informal
consultations no later than five weeks before the start of the consultations;
170. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session,
under the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, the sub-item entitled
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