United Nations
A/RES/60/30
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 75 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 29 November 2005
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.22 and Add.1)]
60/30. Oceans and the law of the sea
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 49/28 of 6 December 1994, 52/26 of 26 November
1997, 54/33 of 24 November 1999, 57/141 of 12 December 2002, 58/240 of
23 December 2003, 59/24 of 17 November 2004 and other relevant resolutions
concerning the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“the
Convention”), 1
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General, 2 the addendum thereto 3
and also the reports on the sixth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended
Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (“the Consultative
Process”), 4 the second International Workshop on the regular process for global
reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socioeconomic aspects, 5 and the fifteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention, 6
Emphasizing the pre-eminent contribution provided by the Convention to the
strengthening of peace, security, cooperation and friendly relations among all
nations in conformity with the principles of justice and equal rights and to the
promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples of the world, in
accordance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations as set forth in the
Charter of the United Nations, as well as for the sustainable development of the
oceans and seas,
Emphasizing also the universal and unified character of the Convention, and
reaffirming that the Convention sets out the legal framework within which all
activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out, and that its integrity needs to
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1
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1833, No. 31363.
A/60/63.
3
A/60/63/Add.2.
4
A/60/99.
5
A/60/91.
6
SPLOS/135.
2
05-48934