A/RES/70/303 United Nations Distr.: General 23 September 2016 General Assembly Seventieth session Agenda items 20 and 79 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 September 2016 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.64)] 70/303. Modalities for the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 70/226 of 22 December 2015 in its entirety, and its decision to convene the high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development from 5 to 9 June 2017 in Fiji, coinciding with World Oceans Day, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, Recognizing synergies between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1 the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 2 the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 3 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, 4 Recalling paragraph 2 of its resolution 70/226, in which it decided that all costs relating to the Conference and its preparations shall be financed through extrabudgetary resources, Recalling also paragraph 3 of its resolution 70/226, welcoming the generous offer by the Governments of Fiji and Sweden to co-host and assume the costs of the Conference, Acknowledging the exceptional circumstances being experienced by the Government of Fiji arising from the extensive devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Winston, which struck the nation in February 2016, and taking note of the _______________ 1 Resolution 70/1. Resolution 69/313, annex. 3 See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex. 4 Resolution 69/283, annex II. 2 16-15751 (E) *1615751* Please recycle