A/RES/63/111
68. Urges States to ensure the full implementation of resolution A.1002(25)
on acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters off the coast of Somalia;
69. Calls upon States to become parties to the Convention for the
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms
Located on the Continental Shelf, 25 invites States to consider becoming parties to
the 2005 Protocols amending those instruments, 26 and urges States parties to take
appropriate measures to ensure the effective implementation of those instruments
through the adoption of legislation, where appropriate;
24F
25F
70. Also calls upon States to effectively implement the International Ship and
Port Facility Security Code and the amendments to the International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea, 27 and to work with the International Maritime
Organization to promote safe and secure shipping while ensuring freedom of
navigation;
26F
71. Urges all States, in cooperation with the International Maritime
Organization, to improve the protection of offshore installations by adopting
measures related to the prevention, reporting and investigation of acts of violence
against installations, in accordance with international law, and by implementing
such measures through national legislation to ensure proper and adequate
enforcement;
72. Welcomes the progress in regional cooperation, including the Jakarta,
Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Statements on Enhancement of Safety, Security and
Environmental Protection in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, adopted on
8 September 2005, 28 20 September 2006 29 and 6 September 2007, 30 respectively,
especially the formal establishment of the Cooperative Mechanism on safety of
navigation and environmental protection to promote dialogue and facilitate close
cooperation between the littoral States, user States, shipping industry and other
stakeholders in line with article 43 of the Convention, and in implementing the
Marine Electronic Highway Demonstration Project for the Straits of Malacca and
Singapore, 31 notes with appreciation the important role of the Information Sharing
Centre of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed
Robbery against Ships in Asia, based in Singapore, and calls upon States to give
immediate attention to adopting, concluding and implementing cooperation
agreements at the regional level;
27F
28F
29F
30F
73. Recognizes that some transnational organized criminal activities threaten
legitimate uses of the oceans and endanger the lives of people at sea;
74. Notes that transnational organized criminal activities are diverse and may
be interrelated in some cases and that criminal organizations are adaptive and take
advantage of the vulnerabilities of States, in particular coastal and small island
developing States in transit areas, and calls upon States and relevant
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25
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1678, No. 29004.
International Maritime Organization, documents LEG/CONF.15/21 and 22.
27
International Maritime Organization, documents SOLAS/CONF.5/32 and 34, as well as resolution MSC.202(81)
introducing the long-range identification and tracking of ships system.
28
A/60/529, annex II.
29
A/61/584, annex.
30
A/62/518, annex.
31
See International Maritime Organization, document IMO/SGP.2.1/1.
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