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 A/RES/72/72 natural and juridical persons, to make voluntary financial contributions to the Assistance Fund established under Part VII of the Agreement; 49. Encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat (the Division) to continue their efforts to publicize the availability of assistance through the Assistance Fund; 50. Encourages accelerated progress by States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, regarding the recommendations of the Revi ew Conference on the Agreement, held in New York from 22 to 26 May 2006, 16 and the identification of emerging priorities; 51. Encourages States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to consider implementing, as appropriate, the recommendations of the resumed Review Conference held in New York from 24 to 28 May 2010 17 and from 23 to 27 May 2016; 18 52. Recalls that the resumed Review Conference agreed to keep the Agreement under review through the resumption of the Review Conference at a date not earlier than 2020, to be agreed at a future round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement; 53. Acknowledges, in particular, the commitments made at the resumed Review Conference held in 2016 to the continued implementation of the Agreement through the application of the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches to fisheries management, the urgent improvement of the status of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, strengthened interaction of the science -policy interface and the strong emphasis on collaboration, at all levels, for improved global fisheries outcomes; 54. Recalls paragraph 6 of resolution 56/13 of 28 November 2001 and the recommendation of the resumed Review Conference in 2016 that the informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement be dedicated, on an annual basis, to the consideration of specific issues arising from the implementation of the Agreement, with a view to improving understanding, sharing experiences and identifying best practices for the consideration of States parties, as well as the General Assembly and the Review Conference; 55. Requests the Secretary-General, in this regard, to convene the thirteenth round of informal consultations of States parties to the Agreement for two days in May 2018 to focus on the topic “Science-policy interface”, and also requests the Secretary-General to convene the fourteenth round of informal consultations of States parties in 2019 to focus on the topic “Performance reviews of regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements”; 56. Also requests the Secretary-General to invite States parties to the Agreement and, as observers, States and entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement not parties to the Agreement, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other relevant organizations, bodies, funds and programmes within the United Nations system, the secretariats of relevant organizations and conventions and other relevant intergovernmental organizations and bodies, in particular subregional and regional fisheries management __________________ 16 17 18 14/38 See A/CONF.210/2006/15, annex. See A/CONF.210/2010/7, annex. See A/CONF.210/2016/5, annex. 17-21818