Oceans and the law of the sea A/RES/74/19 that have been made regarding the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles; 90. Takes note of the 33 recommendations made by the Commission on the submissions of a number of coastal States, and welcomes the fact that summaries of recommendations are being made publicly available in accordance with paragraph 11.3 of annex III to the Rules of Procedure of the Commission; 91. Notes that the consideration by the Commission of submissions by coastal States in accordance with article 76 of and annex II to the Convention is without prejudice to the application of other parts of the Convention by States Parties; 92. Also notes the considerable number of submissions yet to be considered by the Commission and the demands that this places on its members and the secretariat as provided by the Division, and emphasizes the need to ensure that the Commission can perform its functions expeditiously, efficiently and eff ectively and maintain its high level of quality and expertise; 93. Takes note with appreciation of the decision of the Commission at its forty-fourth session to continue, during its five-year term of office, to meet for a total of 21 weeks per year by holding three sessions of seven weeks each, and that no two sessions would be sequential, 50 and further notes that more than nine subcommissions are actively considering submissions; 94. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take appropriate measures, within overall existing resource levels, to further strengthen the capacity of the Division, serving as the secretariat of the Commission, in order to ensure enhanced support and assistance to the Commission and its subcommissions in their consideration of submissions, as required by paragraph 9 of annex III to the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, in particular its human resources, taking into account the need for simultaneous work on several submissions; 95. Urges the Secretary-General to continue to provide all necessary secretariat services to the Commission in accordance with article 2, pa ragraph 5, of annex II to the Convention; 96. Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate and timely measures to ensure secretariat services for the Commission and its subcommissions for the extended duration of time requested in the decisions of the twenty-first and twentysixth Meetings of States Parties to the Convention; 20 97. Also requests the Secretary-General, consequently, to continue to allocate appropriate and sufficient resources to the Division to provide adequate services and assistance to the Commission in view of the number of its working weeks; 98. Expresses its appreciation to States that have made contributions to the voluntary trust fund established pursuant to resolution 55/7 for the purpose of facilitating the preparation of submissions to the Commission, and encourages States, international financial institutions, donor agencies, interg overnmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and natural and juridical persons to make additional contributions to this fund; 99. Notes that the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention, in its decisions regarding the conditions of service of the members of the Commission, 51 reaffirmed the obligation of States under the Convention whose experts were serving on the Commission to defray the expenses of the experts they had nominated while the experts are in performance of Commission duties, including the provision of medical __________________ 50 51 19-21313 See CLCS/100. SPLOS/276 and SPLOS/286. 19/57