A/RES/64/71 adopted by the Assembly of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission at its twenty-fifth session, held in Paris from 16 to 25 June 2009; 70 69F 172. Expresses its concern at the intentional or unintentional damage to platforms used for ocean observation and marine scientific research, such as moored buoys and tsunameters, and urges States to take necessary action and to cooperate in relevant organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World Meteorological Organization, to address such damage; XII Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects 173. Reiterates the need to strengthen the regular scientific assessment of the state of the marine environment in order to enhance the scientific basis for policymaking; 174. Notes with appreciation the report on the “assessment of assessments” of the Group of Experts established pursuant to resolution 60/30,5 and acknowledges the support of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the lead agencies of the “assessment of assessments”; 175. Takes note of the report on the results of the “assessment of assessments” submitted by the lead agencies pursuant to resolution 60/30, which also includes, in accordance with resolution 63/111, the report of the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Steering Group for the “assessment of assessments”, held in Paris from 15 to 17 April 2009;5 176. Welcomes the meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole to recommend a course of action to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session based on the outcomes of the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Steering Group, convened in New York from 31 August to 4 September 2009 in accordance with paragraph 157 of resolution 63/111; 177. Endorses the recommendations adopted by the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole that propose a framework for the Regular Process, describe its first cycle and a way forward and stress the need for further progress to be made on the modalities for the implementation of the Regular Process prior to the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly; 71 70F 178. Requests the Secretary-General to convene an informal meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole from 30 August to 3 September 2010 to further consider and make recommendations to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the modalities for the implementation of the Regular Process, including the key features, institutional arrangements and financing, and to specify the objective and scope of its first cycle, key questions to be answered and primary target audiences, in order to ensure that assessments are relevant for decisionmakers, as well as on the terms of reference for the voluntary trust fund and the scholarship fund referred to in paragraph 183 below; _______________ 70 See Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Twenty-fifth Session of the Assembly, Paris, 16–25 June 2009 (IOC-XXV/3), annex II. 71 See A/64/347, annex. 29