A/RES/74/19 Oceans and the law of the sea 235. Encourages States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 106 to facilitate its entry into force; 236. Encourages continued cooperation between the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal 107 and the International Maritime Organization on regulations on the prevention of pollution from ships; 237. Notes the role of the Basel Convention in ensuring that the management of hazardous wastes and other wastes, under the scope of that Convention, including their transboundary movement and disposal, is consistent with the protection of the marine environment, and in this regard also notes the recent amendments of annexes II, VIII and IX to the Basel Convention in relation to plastic waste , as well as decision BC-14/13 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, which includes, in particular, the establishment of the Basel Convention Partnership on Plastic Waste; 238. Notes with concern the potential for serious environmental consequences resulting from oil spill incidents or pollution incidents involving hazardous or noxious substances, urges States, consistent with international law, to cooperate, directly or through competent international organizations, and share best practices, in the fields of protection of the marine environment, human health and safety, prevention, emergency response and mitigation, and in this regard encourages the undertaking of and collaboration on scientific research, including marine scientific research, to better understand the consequences of marine oil spills or marine spills involving hazardous or noxious substances; 239. Encourages States, in accordance with international law, including the Convention and other relevant instruments, either bilaterally or regionally, to jointly develop and promote contingency plans for responding to pollution incidents, as well as other incidents that are likely to have significant adverse effects on the marine environment and biodiversity; 240. Encourages States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, 1990, 108 and the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Cooperation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000, of the International Maritime Organization, and in this regard to consider developing and joining regional arrangements to enhance international cooperation for combating major oil and hazardous substances pollution incidents; 241. Encourages States to consider becoming parties to the 2010 Protocol to the 1996 International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea; 109 242. Recognizes that most of the pollution load of the oceans emanates from land-based activities and affects the most productive areas of the marine environment, and calls upon States, as a matter of priority, to implement the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land -based Activities and to take all appropriate measures to fulfil the commitments of the int ernational community embodied in the Bali Declaration on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, adopted at the fourth Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the __________________ 106 107 108 109 40/57 International Maritime Organization, document SR/CONF/45. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1673, No. 28911. Ibid., vol. 1891, No. 32194. International Maritime Organization, document LEG/CONF.17/10. 19-21313