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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/35
17 January 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 24 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/51/L.28 and Add.1)]
51/35.
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 its resolutions 47/192 of 22 December 1992, concerning the
United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks, and 50/24 of 5 December 1995, concerning 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,1
Recalling also resolutions I and II adopted by the Conference,2
Noting the opening for signature of the Agreement on 4 December 1995,
Recognizing the importance of the Agreement for the conservation and
management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and the
need for the regular consideration and review of developments relating
thereto,
Recognizing also the importance of artisanal and subsistence fishers,
1
A/CONF.164/37; see also A/50/550, annex I.
2
A/CONF.164/38, annex; see also A/50/550, annex II.
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