A/RES/59/24 Information System Laboratory and other technical facilities at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea; 30. Urges the Secretary-General to take all necessary actions to ensure that the Commission can fulfil the functions entrusted to it under the Convention; 31. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session proposals on how the requirements of the Commission could be best accommodated, taking into account the concerns expressed in the statement by the Chairman of the Commission at its fourteenth session,12 regarding the expectation that new submissions will require concomitant meetings of several subcommissions for their examination; 32. Also requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with States and relevant international organizations and institutions, to consider developing and making available training courses, based on the outline for a five-day training course 13 prepared by the Commission in order to facilitate the preparation of submissions in accordance with its Scientific and Technical Guidelines, 14 and welcomes the progress made by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea in preparing a training manual to assist States in preparation of submissions to the Commission; 33. Encourages States to exchange views in order to increase understanding of issues arising from the application of article 76 of the Convention, thus facilitating preparation of submissions by States, in particular developing States, to the Commission, and welcomes initiatives in this regard, including the Conference on Legal and Scientific Aspects of Continental Shelf Limits, held in Reykjavik from 25 to 27 June 2003, the proceedings of which have been published and distributed worldwide; IX Maritime safety and security and flag State implementation 34. Encourages States to ratify or accede to international agreements addressing the safety and security of navigation and to adopt the necessary measures consistent with the Convention, aimed at implementing and enforcing the rules contained in those agreements; 35. Welcomes the adoption by the International Maritime Organization of Guidelines on Places of Refuge for Ships in Need of Assistance, 15 encourages States to draw up plans and to establish procedures to implement those Guidelines, and invites States to participate in the consideration of those instruments by the International Maritime Organization; 36. Invites the International Hydrographic Organization and the International Maritime Organization to continue their coordinated efforts, to jointly adopt measures with a view to encouraging greater international cooperation and coordination for the transition to electronic nautical charts and to increase the coverage of hydrographic information on a global basis, especially in the areas of _______________ 13 CLCS/24 and Corr.1. CLCS/11 and Corr.1 and Add.1 and Corr.1. 15 International Maritime Organization, Assembly resolution A.949(23). 14 8