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small island developing States, dedicated to Part VII implementation, notes the role
of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as the specialized
agency responsible for fisheries, and that of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat as the secretariat for
the Agreement, and requests the Committee on Fisheries of the Food and
Agriculture Organization at its next meeting to consider its participation in the
development and management of the Part VII fund;
15. Urges States parties to the Agreement to develop detailed terms of
reference for the Part VII fund, and requests that the following activities be
considered for early implementation through the Part VII fund:
(a) Facilitating the participation of developing States parties in relevant
regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements;
(b) Assisting with travel costs associated with the participation of
developing States parties in meetings of relevant global organizations;
(c) Supporting ongoing and future negotiations to establish new regional or
subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in areas where
such bodies are not currently in place, and to strengthen existing subregional and
regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements;
(d) Building capacity for activities in key areas such as monitoring, control
and surveillance, data collection and scientific research;
(e) Exchanging information and experience on the implementation of the
Agreement;
(f)
Assisting with human resources development and technical assistance;
16. Emphasizes the importance of outreach to potential donor organizations
to contribute to the programme of assistance;
17. Recalls paragraph 6 of its resolution 56/13, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to convene a second round of informal consultations with States that have
either ratified or acceded to the Agreement, for the purposes and objectives of
considering the national, regional, subregional and global implementation of the
Agreement, and making any appropriate recommendation to the General Assembly;
18. Requests the Secretary-General to invite States, and entities referred to in
the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement, not party to the
Agreement, as well as the United Nations Development Programme, the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other specialized agencies, the
Commission on Sustainable Development, the World Bank, the Global Environment
Facility and other relevant international financial institutions, regional fishery
bodies and arrangements and relevant non-governmental organizations to attend the
second round of informal consultations with States parties to the Agreement as
observers;
19. Also requests, the Secretary-General to develop, in consultation with the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, a voluntary survey to
solicit information from States parties and other States that may wish to participate,
as well as regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and
arrangements, on activities related to the implementation of provisions of the
Agreement, similar to the survey currently in use by the Food and Agriculture
Organization concerning implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible
Fisheries,4 with a view to encouraging through this mechanism a greater exchange
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