Oceans and the law of the sea A/RES/75/239 declaration in demonstrating the collective will to take action to conserve and sustainably use our oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, Recognizing the important contributions of the partnership dialogues and voluntary commitments made in the context of the high-level 2017 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 to the effective and timely implementation of Goal 14, Recalling its decision to convene the high-level 2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development in Lisbon, from 2 to 6 June 2020, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, 8 Recognizing paragraphs 64 and 65 of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, adopted by the Conference, which was held from 13 to 16 July 2015, 9 Welcoming the ocean-related outcomes of the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, especially the resolutions on marine plastic litter and microplastics, 10 on protection of the marine environment from land-based activities, 11 on sustainable management for global health of mangroves, 12 on sustainable coral reefs management 13 and on sustainable nitrogen management, 14 Welcoming also the adoption by the International Maritime Organization of the Action Plan to Address Marine Plastic Litter from Ships, 15 and noting that the fortieth Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (the London Convention) and the thirteenth Meeting of Contracting Parties to the 1996 Pr otocol to that Convention, held from 5 to 9 November 2018, identified a number of actions relevant to the London Convention and the Protocol thereto and reiterated the commitment of the governing bodies to combat marine litter and microplastics, Conscious that the problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be considered as a whole through an integrated, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach, and reaffirming the need to improve cooperation and coordination at the national, regional and global levels, in accordance with the Convention, to support and supplement the efforts of each State in promoting the implementation and observance of the Convention and the integrated management and sustainable development of the oceans and seas, Reiterating the essential need for cooperation, including through capacity building and transfer of marine technology, to ensure that all States, especially developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, as well as coastal African States, are able both to implement the Convention and to benefit from the sustainable development of the oceans and seas, as well as to participate fully in global and regional forums and processes dealing with oceans and law of the sea issues, while __________________ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21-00005 See resolution 73/292. Resolution 69/313, annex. UNEP/EA.4/Res.6. UNEP/EA.4/Res.11. UNEP/EA.4/Res.12. UNEP/EA.4/Res.13. UNEP/EA.4/Res.14. Marine Environment Protection Committee, document MEPC 73/19/Add.1, annex 10, resolution MEPC.310(73). 3/56