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179. Invites States, as a means to facilitate decisions on the first cycle of the
Regular Process, to submit their views to the Secretary-General on the fundamental
building blocks of the Regular Process, and requests the Secretary-General to
present these views to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session in the context
of his annual report on oceans and the law of the sea;
180. Requests the Secretary-General to invite the Chairs of the regional
groups to constitute a group of experts, ensuring adequate expertise and
geographical distribution, comprised of a maximum of 25 experts and no more than
5 experts per regional group, for a period up to and including the informal meeting
of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole referred to in paragraph 178 above;
181. Requests the group of experts to respond and make suggestions on the
issues listed in paragraph 60 of the report on the results of the “assessment of
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including the possibility of conducting preparatory work, as appropriate, and subject
to the availability of funds, taking into account the views and observations
submitted by States;
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182. Requests the Division to provide support for the Regular Process as noted
in paragraphs 178 to 181 and 183 of the present resolution using existing resources
or resources from the voluntary trust fund, in cooperation, as appropriate, with
relevant United Nations specialized agencies and programmes;
183. Requests the Secretary-General to establish a voluntary trust fund for the
purpose of supporting the operations of the first five-year cycle of the Regular
Process, including for the provision of assistance to the experts referred to in
paragraph 180 above from developing countries, in particular least developed
countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing States,
attending the meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole in 2010, as well
as a special scholarship fund to support training programmes for developing
countries, and encourages Member States, international financial institutions, donor
agencies, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and
natural and juridical persons to contribute to the funds;
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Regional cooperation
184. Notes that there have been a number of initiatives at the regional level, in
various regions, to further the implementation of the Convention, takes note in that
context of the Caribbean-focused Assistance Fund, which is intended to facilitate,
mainly through technical assistance, the voluntary undertaking of maritime
delimitation negotiations between Caribbean States, takes note once again of the
Fund for Peace: Peaceful Settlement of Territorial Disputes, established by the
General Assembly of the Organization of American States in 2000 as a primary
mechanism, given its broader regional scope, for the prevention and resolution of
pending territorial, land border and maritime boundary disputes, and calls upon
States and others in a position to do so to contribute to these funds;
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