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miles, taking into account the need to strengthen capacity-building for developing
countries in preparing their submissions;
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Maritime safety and security and flag State implementation
53. Encourages States to ratify or accede to international agreements
addressing the safety and security of navigation, as well as maritime labour, and to
adopt the necessary measures consistent with the Convention and other relevant
international instruments aimed at implementing and enforcing the rules contained
in those agreements, and emphasizes the need for capacity-building for and
assistance to developing States;
54. Recognizes that the legal regimes governing maritime security and
maritime safety may have common and mutually reinforcing objectives that may be
interrelated and could benefit from synergies, and encourages States to take this into
account in their implementation;
55. Emphasizes that security and safety measures should be implemented
with minimal negative effects on seafarers and fishers, especially in relation to their
working conditions;
56. Invites all States to ratify or accede to the Maritime Labour Convention,
2006, the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) and the Seafarers’ Identity
Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185) of the International Labour
Organization and to effectively implement those Conventions, and emphasizes the
need to provide technical cooperation and assistance in that regard;
57. Emphasizes the need for further efforts to promote a culture of safety and
security in the shipping industry and to address the shortage of adequately trained
personnel, notes the importance of the process in the International Maritime
Organization to review the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1973, 23 and urges the establishment of
more centres to provide the required education and training;
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58. Welcomes ongoing cooperation among the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, the International Maritime Organization and the
International Labour Organization relating to the safety of fishers and fishing
vessels, underlines the urgent need for continued work in that area, and takes note of
discussions in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the
merit of an international plan of action in this area;
59. Notes the holding of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to
the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and their Disposal, and welcomes further cooperation with the International
Maritime Organization on regulations on the prevention of pollution from ships; 24
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60. Recalls that all actions taken to combat threats to maritime security must
be in accordance with international law, including the principles embodied in the
Charter and the Convention;
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