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17. Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with States and relevant
international organizations and institutions, to continue making such training
courses available at the regional and also the subregional and national levels, as
appropriate;
18. Invites Member States and others in a position to do so to support the
capacity-building activities of the Division, including, in particular, the training
activities to assist developing States in the preparation of their submissions to the
Commission, and invites Member States and others in a position to do so to
contribute to the new trust fund established by the Secretary-General for the Office
of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat to support the promotion of international law;
19. Recognizes the importance of the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
Memorial Fellowship Programme on the Law of the Sea, urges Member States and
others in a position to do so to contribute to the further development of the
Fellowship Programme, and takes note with satisfaction of the ongoing
implementation of the United Nations and the Nippon Foundation Fellowship
Programme, focusing on human resources development for developing coastal
States parties and non-parties to the Convention in the field of ocean affairs and the
law of the sea or related disciplines;
III
Meeting of States Parties
20. Welcomes the report of the fifteenth Meeting of States Parties to the
Convention;6
21. Requests the Secretary-General to convene the sixteenth Meeting of
States Parties to the Convention in New York from 19 to 23 June 2006 and to
provide the services required;
IV
Peaceful settlement of disputes
22. Notes with satisfaction the continued and significant contribution of the
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (“the Tribunal”) to the settlement of
disputes by peaceful means in accordance with Part XV of the Convention, and
underlines the important role and authority of the Tribunal concerning the
interpretation or application of the Convention and the Agreement;
23. Notes that States parties to an international agreement related to the
purposes of the Convention may submit to, inter alia, the Tribunal or the
International Court of Justice any dispute concerning the interpretation or
application of that agreement which is submitted to it in accordance with that
agreement, and notes also the possibility, provided for in the statutes of the Tribunal
and the Court, to submit disputes to a chamber;
24. Equally pays tribute to the important and long-standing role of the
International Court of Justice with regard to the peaceful settlement of disputes
concerning the law of the sea;
25. Encourages States parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to
consider making a written declaration choosing from the means set out in article 287
of the Convention for the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or
application of the Convention and the Agreement;
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