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(d) Convene an international workshop with representatives from all
interested parties, in conjunction with the fifth meeting of the Consultative Process,
to further consider and review the draft document;
(e) Convene an intergovernmental meeting to finalize and adopt the
document and to formally establish the regular process;
65. Accepts the offer of the Government of Iceland to host this
intergovernmental meeting in Reykjavik in 2004, in accordance with paragraph 17
of resolution 47/202 A of 22 December 1992;
66. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
fifty-ninth session on the development of the regular process;
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Open-ended informal consultative process on oceans and the law of the sea
67. Requests the Secretary-General to convene the fifth meeting of the
Consultative Process in New York from 7 to 11 June 2004, and to provide it with the
necessary facilities for the performance of its work and to arrange for support to be
provided by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, in cooperation
with other relevant parts of the Secretariat, including the Division for Sustainable
Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, as appropriate;
68. Recommends that, in its deliberations on the report of the SecretaryGeneral on oceans and the law of the sea at its meeting, the Consultative Process
should organize its discussions around the following areas:
New sustainable uses of the oceans, including the conservation and
management of the biological diversity of the seabed in areas beyond national
jurisdiction;
as well as issues discussed at previous meetings;
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Inter-agency coordination and cooperation
69. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to establish an effective,
transparent and regular inter-agency coordinating mechanism for issues relating to
oceans and seas within the United Nations system, taking into account paragraph 49
of Part A of the report of the Consultative Process at its third meeting; 24
70. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of heads of intergovernmental organizations, the specialized agencies and
funds and programmes of the United Nations engaged in activities relating to ocean
affairs and the law of the sea, drawing their attention to paragraphs of particular
relevance to them, and underlines the importance of their constructive and timely
input for the report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea and of
their participation in relevant meetings and processes;
71. Invites the competent international organizations, as well as funding
institutions, to take specific account of the present resolution in their programmes
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