A/RES/64/71
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Implementation of the Convention and related agreements and instruments
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Reaffirms its annual resolutions on the law of the sea and on oceans and
the law of the sea, including resolution 63/111, and other relevant resolutions
concerning the Convention;1
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Also reaffirms the unified character of the Convention and the vital
importance of preserving its integrity;
3.
Calls upon all States that have not done so, in order to achieve the goal
of universal participation, to become parties to the Convention and the Part XI
Agreement;13
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4.
Calls upon States that have not done so, in order to achieve the goal of
universal participation, to become parties to the Agreement for the Implementation
of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of
10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish
Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (“the Fish Stocks Agreement”); 14
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5.
Calls upon States to harmonize their national legislation with the
provisions of the Convention and, where applicable, relevant agreements and
instruments, to ensure the consistent application of those provisions and to ensure
also that any declarations or statements that they have made or make when signing,
ratifying or acceding to the Convention do not purport to exclude or to modify the
legal effect of the provisions of the Convention in their application to the State
concerned and to withdraw any such declarations or statements;
Calls upon States Parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to
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deposit with the Secretary-General charts or lists of geographical coordinates, as
provided for in the Convention;
Urges all States to cooperate, directly or through competent international
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bodies, in taking measures to protect and preserve objects of an archaeological and
historical nature found at sea, in conformity with the Convention, and calls upon
States to work together on such diverse challenges and opportunities as the
appropriate relationship between salvage law and scientific management and
conservation of underwater cultural heritage, increasing technological abilities to
discover and reach underwater sites, looting and growing underwater tourism;
Notes the entry into force of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of
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the Underwater Cultural Heritage on 2 January 2009, 15 and notes in particular the
rules annexed thereto, which address the relationship between salvage law and
scientific principles of management, conservation and protection of underwater
cultural heritage among Parties, their nationals and vessels flying their flag;
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Capacity-building
9.
Calls upon donor agencies and international financial institutions to keep
their programmes systematically under review to ensure the availability in all States,
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Ibid., vol. 2167, No. 37924.
See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General
Conference, Thirty-first Session, Paris, 15 October–3 November 2001, vol. 1 and corrigendum:
Resolutions, resolution 24.
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