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62. Emphasizes that safety and security measures should be implemented
with minimal negative effects on seafarers and fishers, especially in relation to their
working conditions;
63. Invites States that have not yet done so to ratify or accede to the
Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007
(No. 188) and the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003
(No. 185) of the International Labour Organization and to effectively implement
those Conventions, and emphasizes the need to provide to States, at their request,
technical cooperation and assistance in that regard;
64. Emphasizes the need for further efforts to promote a culture of safety and
security in the shipping industry and to address the shortage of adequately trained
personnel, notes the importance of the process in the International Maritime
Organization to review the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, 28 and urges the establishment of
more centres to provide the required education and training;
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65. Welcomes ongoing cooperation between the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, the International Maritime Organization and the
International Labour Organization relating to the safety of fishers and fishing
vessels, underlines the urgent need for continued work in that area, and takes note of
discussions in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the
merit of an international plan of action in this area;
66. Encourages continued cooperation between the parties to the Basel
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and
their Disposal 29 and the International Maritime Organization on regulations on the
prevention of pollution from ships;
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67. Calls upon States to participate in the diplomatic conference to be
convened by the International Maritime Organization in 2010 on a protocol to the
International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection
with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996;
68. Recalls that all actions taken to combat threats to maritime security must
be in accordance with international law, including the principles embodied in the
Charter and the Convention;
69. Recognizes the crucial role of international cooperation at the global,
regional, subregional and bilateral levels in combating, in accordance with
international law, threats to maritime security, including piracy, armed robbery at
sea, terrorist acts against shipping, offshore installations and other maritime
interests, through bilateral and multilateral instruments and mechanisms aimed at
monitoring, preventing and responding to such threats, the enhanced sharing of
information among States relevant to the detection, prevention and suppression of
such threats, and the prosecution of offenders with due regard to national
legislation, and the need for sustained capacity-building to support such objectives;
70. Notes that piracy affects the entire range of vessels engaged in maritime
activities;
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1361, No. 23001.
Ibid., vol. 1673, No. 28911.