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organizations and bodies for fishers, in particular small-scale fishers, in developing
countries, and in particular small island developing States, consistent with
environmental sustainability;
86. Encourages the international community to enhance the opportunities for
sustainable development in developing countries, in particular the least developed
countries, small island developing States and coastal African States, by encouraging
greater participation of those States in authorized fisheries activities being
undertaken within areas under their national jurisdiction, in accordance with the
Convention, by distant-water fishing nations in order to achieve better economic
returns for developing countries from their fisheries resources within areas under
their national jurisdiction and an enhanced role in regional fisheries management, as
well as by enhancing the ability of developing countries to develop their own
fisheries, as well as to participate in high seas fisheries, including access to such
fisheries, in conformity with international law, in particular the Convention and the
Agreement;
87. Requests distant-water fishing nations, when negotiating access
agreements and arrangements with developing coastal States, to do so on an
equitable and sustainable basis, including by giving greater attention to fish
processing, including fish processing facilities, within the national jurisdiction of
the developing coastal State to assist the realization of the benefits from the
development of fisheries resources;
88. Encourages greater assistance for developing States in designing,
establishing and implementing relevant agreements, instruments and tools for the
conservation and sustainable management of fish stocks, including the enhancement
of research and scientific capabilities through existing funds, such as the Assistance
Fund under Part VII of the Agreement, bilateral assistance, regional fisheries
management organizations and arrangements assistance funds, the FishCode
programme, the World Bank’s global programme on fisheries and the Global
Environment Facility;
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Cooperation within the United Nations system
89. Requests the relevant parts of the United Nations system, international
financial institutions and donor agencies to support increased enforcement and
compliance capabilities for regional fisheries management organizations and their
member States;
90. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to
continue its cooperative arrangements with United Nations agencies on the
implementation of the international plans of action and to report to the SecretaryGeneral, for inclusion in his annual report on sustainable fisheries, on priorities for
cooperation and coordination in this work;
91. Invites the Division, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations and other relevant bodies of the United Nations system to consult and
cooperate in the preparation of questionnaires designed to collect information on
sustainable fisheries, in order to avoid duplication;
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