United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/57/143
Distr.: General
26 February 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 25 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.50 and Add.1)]
57/143. 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 General Assembly,
Recalling the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea (“the Convention”), 1 and bearing in mind the relationship between
the Convention and 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 Agreement”), 2
Recalling also its resolution 56/13 of 28 November 2001, and bearing in mind
its resolution 57/142 of 12 December 2002,
Recognizing that, in accordance with the Convention, the Agreement sets forth
provisions concerning the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks
and highly migratory fish stocks, including provisions on subregional and regional
cooperation in enforcement, binding dispute settlement and the rights and
obligations of States in authorizing the use of vessels flying their flags for fishing
on the high seas,
Welcoming the entry into force of the Agreement, and noting that the entry into
force of the Agreement entails responsibilities for States parties and other important
considerations as outlined in the Agreement,
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1
See The Law of the Sea: Official Texts of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of
10 December 1982 and of the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 with Index and Excerpts from the Final Act of the
Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.97.V.10).
2
International Fisheries Instruments with Index (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.98.V.11), sect. I;
see also A/CONF.164/37.
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