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Regional cooperation
158. Notes that there have been a number of initiatives at the regional level, in
various regions, to further the implementation of the Convention, takes note in that
context of the Caribbean-focused Assistance Fund, which is intended to facilitate,
mainly through technical assistance, the voluntary undertaking of maritime
delimitation negotiations between Caribbean States, takes note once again of the
Fund for Peace: Peaceful Settlement of Territorial Disputes, established by the
General Assembly of the Organization of American States in 2000 as a primary
mechanism, given its broader regional scope, for the prevention and resolution of
pending territorial, land border and maritime boundary disputes, and calls upon
States and others in a position to do so to contribute to these funds;
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Open-ended informal consultative process on oceans and the law of the sea
159. Welcomes the report on the work of the Consultative Process at its ninth
meeting,4 focused on the topic of maritime security and safety;
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160. Also welcomes the work of the Consultative Process over the past nine
years and the contribution of the Consultative Process to improving coordination
and cooperation between States and strengthening the annual debate of the General
Assembly on oceans and the law of the sea, further welcomes the attempts to
improve and focus the work of the Consultative Process, and decides to continue the
Consultative Process for the next two years, in accordance with resolution 54/33,
with a further review of its effectiveness and utility by the Assembly at its sixtyfifth session;
161. Recalls the need to strengthen and improve the efficiency of the
Consultative Process, and encourages States, intergovernmental organizations and
programmes to provide guidance to the co-chairpersons to this effect, particularly
before and during the preparatory meeting for the Consultative Process, and decides
in this regard that the eleventh meeting of the Consultative Process shall be based
on the decisions taken by the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, following
the review of the Consultative Process at its tenth meeting;
162. Requests the Secretary-General to convene, in accordance with
paragraphs 2 and 3 of resolution 54/33, the tenth meeting of the Consultative
Process in New York from 17 to 19 June 2009, to provide it with the necessary
facilities for the performance of its work and to arrange for support to be provided
by the Division, in cooperation with other relevant parts of the Secretariat, as
appropriate;
163. Expresses its serious concern regarding the lack of resources available in
the voluntary trust fund established by resolution 55/7 for the purpose of assisting
developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island
developing States and landlocked developing States, in attending the meetings of the
Consultative Process, and urges States to make additional contributions to the trust
fund;
164. Decides that those representatives from developing countries who are
invited by the co-chairpersons, in consultation with Governments, to make
presentations during the meetings of the Consultative Process shall receive priority
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