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activities of the Division, which reflect the high standard of assistance provided to
Member States by the Division;
361. Notes with satisfaction the eleventh observance by the United Nations of
World Oceans Day in 2019, 134 recognizes with appreciation the efforts deployed by
the Division in this regard, and invites the Division to continue to promote and
facilitate international cooperation on the law of the sea and ocean affairs in the
context of the future observance of World Oceans Day, as well as through its
participation in other events;
362. Recalls the responsibilities and functions entrusted to the SecretaryGeneral in the Convention and in the related resolutions of the General Assembly,
including resolutions 49/28 and 52/26, notes the increased number of requests to the
Division for additional outputs and servicing of meetings and in relation to the support
to be provided by the Division as secretariat of the Regular Process during the second
cycle of the Regular Process, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure the
allocation of appropriate resources to the Division for the performance of its activities
under the approved budget for the Organization;
363. Requests the Secretary-General to continue the publication activities of
the Division, in particular through the publication of Guidelines on deposit with the
Secretary-General of charts or lists of geographical coordinates under the
Convention 135 and the Law of the Sea Bulletin;
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364. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare reports for consideration by the
General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, namely, a report on developments and
issues relating to ocean affairs and the law of the sea, including the implementation
of the present resolution, in accordance with resolutions 49/28, 52/26 and 54/33, and
a report on the topic that is the focus of the twenty-first meeting of the Informal
Consultative Process;
365. Emphasizes the critical role of the annual reports of the Secretary-General,
which integrate information on developments relating to the implementation of the
Convention and the work of the Organization, its specialized agencies and other
institutions in the field of ocean affairs and the law of the sea at the global and regional
levels, and as a result constitute the basis for the annual consideration and review of
developments relating to ocean affairs and the law of the sea by the General Assembly
as the global institution having the competence to undertake such a review;
366. Notes that the reports referred to in paragraph 364 above will also be
submitted to States Parties pursuant to article 319 of the Convention regarding issues
of a general nature that have arisen with respect to the Convention;
367. Also notes the desire to further improve the efficiency of and effective
participation of delegations in the informal consultations concerning the annual
General Assembly resolution on oceans and the law of the sea, decides that the period
of the informal consultations on that resolution should not exceed a maximum of eight
days in total and that the consultations should be scheduled in such a way that the
Division has sufficient time to produce the report on developments and issues relating
to ocean affairs and the law of the sea referred to in paragraph 364 above, requests
the Secretary-General to continue to provide support to the consultations through the
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By its resolution 63/111, the General Assembly designated 8 June as World Oceans Day.
This publication replaces The Law of the Sea: A Select Bibliography.
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