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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45. Recalls paragraph 40 of resolution 69/109, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to resume the Review Conference, convened pursuant to article 36 of the
Agreement, in New York from 23 to 27 May 2016, and to render the necessary
assistance and provide such services as may be required for the resumption of the
Review Conference;
46. Encourages wide participation in the resumed Review Conference, in
accordance with article 36 of the Agreement;
47. Recalls its request in paragraph 41 of resolution 69/109 that the
Secretary-General submit to the resumed Review Conference an updated repo rt to
assist the Review Conference in discharging its mandate under article 36,
paragraph 2, of the Agreement;
48. Recalls paragraph 6 of resolution 56/13 of 28 November 2001, takes note
of the report on the eleventh round of informal consultations of Sta tes parties to the
Agreement, and requests the Secretary-General to convene in March 2016 a twelfth
round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement for a duration of
two days, to serve primarily as a preparatory meeting for the resumed Review
Conference;
49. Requests the Secretary-General to invite States, and entities referred to in
the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement, not parties to the
Agreement, as well as the United Nations Development Programme, the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other specialized agencies, the
World Bank, the Global Environment Facility and other relevant international
financial institutions, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations
and arrangements, other fisheries bodies, other relevant intergovernmental bodies
and relevant non-governmental organizations, in accordance with past practice, to
attend the twelfth round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement
as observers;
50. Reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations initiate arrangements with States for the collection and
dissemination of data on fishing in the high seas by vessels flying their flag at the
subregional and regional levels where no such arrangements exist;
51. Also reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations revise its global fisheries statistics database to provide
information on straddling fish stocks, highly migr atory fish stocks and discrete high
seas fish stocks on the basis of where the catch is taken;
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52. Emphasizes the importance of the effective implementation of the
provisions of the Compliance Agreement, 4 and urges continued efforts in this
regard;
53. Calls upon all States and other entities referred to in article X, paragraph 1,
of the Compliance Agreement that have not yet become parties to that Agreement to
do so as a matter of priority and, in the interim, to consider applying it provisionally;
54. Urges States and subregional and regional fisheries management
organizations and arrangements to implement and promote the application of the
Code within their areas of competence;
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