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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
development strategies with a view to enhancing international coordination to
enable them to develop their national capacity to exploit fishery resources,
consistent with the duty to ensure the conservation and ma nagement of those
resources, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to fully mobilize and
coordinate the agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system,
including at the level of the regional economic commissions, within their respe ctive
mandates;
197. 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
198. 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;
199. 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 sustainable fisheries, on priorities for
cooperation and coordination in this work;
XIII
Activities of the Division for Ocean Affairs
and the Law of the Sea
200. 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;
201. 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-first session of the General Assembly
202. 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, in
connection with the report requested in paragraph 164 of resolution 69/109, recalls
its request to the Secretary-General to invite States and regional economic
integration organizations and regional fisheries management organizations and
arrangements to submit detailed information to the Secretary-General in a timely
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