Oceans and the law of the sea A/RES/74/19 Ad Hoc Working Group of the views received and to circulate that information in advance of the thirteenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group ; 320. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare the resource requirements for the third cycle of the Regular Process on the basis of the draft programme of work for the third cycle, to be developed in the intersessional period by the Bureau, and to report to Member States in advance of the thirteenth meeting of th e Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole; 321. Recognizes with appreciation the important role of the Co-Chairs and the Bureau of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole in providing guidance during the intersessional period before the twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group, requests the Bureau to continue to implement the decisions and guidance of the Ad Hoc Working Group during the intersessional period before the thirteenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group, and recognizes the support provided by the secretariat in that regard; 322. Also recognizes with appreciation the continued work of the members of the Group of Experts and that of the Pool of Experts of the Regular Process in the implementation of the second cycle of the Regular Process; 323. Urges regional groups that have not yet done so to appoint experts to the Group of Experts, taking into account the need to ensure equitable geographical distribution and adequate expertise in socioeconomic disciplines ; 324. Welcomes the appointment of additional experts to the Pool of Experts for the second cycle of the Regular Process by States and through recommendations from relevant intergovernmental organizations, in accordance with the revised mechanism for the establishment of the Pool of Experts for the second cycle of the Regular Process; 325. Also welcomes the designation by States of national focal points pursuant to paragraph 319 of resolution 73/124, and urges States that have not yet done so to designate their national focal points as soon as possible; 326. Recalls its invitation to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization , the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Maritime Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Meteorological Organization and relevant United Nations system organizations, bodies, funds and programmes, as appropriate, to assist in the implementation of the second cycle of the Regular Process with regard to the following activities: awareness-raising, the identification of experts for the Pool of Experts, technical and scientific support for the Bureau and the Group of E xperts, hosting meetings of the writing teams and capacity-building, and also recalls its invitation to relevant intergovernmental organizations to contribute, as appropriate, to the activities of the second cycle; 327. Requests the Secretary-General to convene the thirteenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on 9 and 10 September 2020 with a view to providing recommendations to the General Assembly on progress in the implementation of the second cycle and on the draft programme of work and resource requirements for the third cycle of the Regular Process, and also to convene the fourteenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group for one day in December 2020 or January 2021, depending on the calendar of meetings of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly, with a view to considering the second world ocean assessment and providing recommendations to the General Assembly; 19-21313 51/57