A/RES/57/141 XVI. Trust funds and fellowships 71. Recognizes the importance of the trust funds established by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 55/7 for the purpose of assisting States in the settlement of disputes through the Tribunal, 23 and of assisting developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, in the preparation of submissions to the Commission in compliance with article 76 of the Convention,24 in defraying the cost of participation of Commission members in the meetings of the Commission, 25 and in attending the meetings of the Consultative Process, 26 as well as other trust funds 27 established for the purpose of assisting States in the implementation of the Convention, and invites States, intergovernmental organizations and agencies, national institutions, nongovernmental organizations and international financial institutions, as well as natural and juridical persons, to make voluntary financial or other contributions to these trust funds; 72. Invites Member States and others in a position to do so to contribute to the further development of the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship Programme on the Law of the Sea established by the General Assembly in its resolution 35/116 of 10 December 1980; XVII. Fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly 73. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including other developments and issues relating to ocean affairs and the law of the sea, in connection with his annual comprehensive report on oceans and the law of the sea, and to provide the report in accordance with the modalities set out in resolutions 49/28, 52/26 and 54/33, and also requests the Secretary-General to make the report available, in its current comprehensive format, at least six weeks in advance of the meeting of the Consultative Process; 74. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”. 74th plenary meeting 12 December 2002 _______________ 23 See resolution 55/7, para. 9. Ibid., para. 18. 25 Ibid., para. 20. 26 Ibid., para. 45. 27 See ISBA/8/A/11, para. 12. 24 13