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with the assistance of regional and subregional fisheries organizations, to consider
urgently ways to integrate and improve, on a scientific basis, the management of
risks to marine biodiversity of seamounts and certain other underwater features
within the framework of the Convention;
XII. Regional cooperation
57. Emphasizes the importance of regional organizations and arrangements
for cooperation and coordination in integrated oceans management, and, where there
are separate regional structures for different aspects of oceans management, such as
environmental protection, fisheries management, navigation, scientific research and
maritime delimitation, calls for those different structures, where appropriate, to
work together for optimal cooperation and coordination;
58. Takes note 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 also takes note of the Caribbean-focused Trust Fund established by the
Conference on Maritime Delimitation in the Caribbean, held in Mexico City from
6 to 8 May 2002, which is intended to facilitate, mainly as a conduit for technical
assistance, the voluntary undertaking of maritime delimitation negotiations between
Caribbean States, and calls upon States and others in a position to do so to
contribute to these Funds;
59. Also takes note of the Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy approved at
the thirty-third meeting of the Pacific Island Forum, held in Suva from 15 to
17 August 2002; 22
XIII. Open-ended informal consultative process on oceans and the law of the sea
60. Reaffirms its decision to undertake an annual review and evaluation of
the implementation of the Convention and other developments relating to ocean
affairs and the law of the sea, welcomes the work of the Consultative Process over
the past three years, notes the contribution of the Consultative Process to
strengthening the annual debate of the General Assembly on oceans and the law of
the sea, and decides to continue with the Consultative Process for the next three
years, in accordance with resolution 54/33, with a further review of its effectiveness
and utility by the Assembly at its sixtieth session;
61. Requests the Secretary-General to convene the meeting of the
Consultative Process in New York from 2 to 6 June 2003, and to provide it with the
necessary facilities for the performance of its work and to arrange for support to be
provided by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, in cooperation
with other relevant parts of the Secretariat, including the Division for Sustainable
Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, as appropriate;
62. Recommends that, in its deliberations on the report of the SecretaryGeneral on oceans and the law of the sea at its meeting, the Consultative Process
should organize its discussions around the following areas:
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