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Cooperation within the United Nations system
54. 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;
55. 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 SecretaryGeneral, for inclusion in his annual report on oceans and the law of the sea, on
priorities for cooperation and coordination in this work;
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56. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of all members of the international community, relevant intergovernmental
organizations, the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, regional
and subregional fisheries management organizations and relevant non-governmental
organizations, and to invite them to provide the Secretary-General with information
relevant to the implementation of the present resolution;
57. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at
its fifty-ninth session a report on “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”, taking into account information provided by
States, relevant specialized agencies, in particular the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, and other appropriate organs, organizations and
programmes of the United Nations system, regional and subregional organizations
and arrangements for the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and
highly migratory fish stocks, as well as other relevant intergovernmental bodies and
non-governmental organizations, and consisting, inter alia, of elements provided in
relevant paragraphs in the present resolution;
58. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session,
under the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, a sub-item entitled
“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”.
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