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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221. Requests States and regional fisheries management organizations to
develop strategies to further assist developing States, in particular the least
developed and small island developing States, in fully realizing the benefits from
the catch of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and in
strengthening regional efforts to sustainably conserve and manage such stocks, and,
in this regard, to make available such information;
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Cooperation within the United Nations system
222. 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;
223. 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 Secretary General, for inclusion in his annual report on susta inable 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
224. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the activities of
the Division, which reflect the high standard of assistance provided to Member
States by the Division;
225. 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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Seventy-second session of the General Assembly
226. 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;
227. 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, decide s that the informal
consultations on this resolution will be held in a single round of consultations in
November for a period of six days, requests the Secretary-General to provide
support to the consultations through the Division, 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;
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