A/RES/74/19 Oceans and the law of the sea 115. 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, and urges the development and strengthening of capacity-building activities and the provision of knowledge and skills through the required education and training, promoted in particular by the International Maritime Organization in collaboration with other relevant international organizations and agencies, as appropriate; 116. Also emphasizes that safety and security measures should be implemented in support of and with minimal negative effects on seafarers and fishers, especially in relation to their working conditions, and welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Labour Organization in relation to decent work and employment in fisheries and aquaculture and on child labour in fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the work that has been conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Labour Organization on the issue of trafficking in persons and forced labour on fishing vessels; 117. Welcomes the consideration by the International Maritime Organization of the fair treatment of seafarers, recalls the adoption by the Organization on 4 December 2013 of resolution A.1090(28) on the fair treatment of crew members in respect of shore leave and access to shore-side facilities, and welcomes the provision on shore leave, which entered into force on 1 January 2018, in the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic; 53 118. Notes the themes for the 2019 and 2020 World Maritime Day, “Empowering women in the maritime community” and “Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet”, respectively; 119. Invites States that have not yet done so to become parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, 54 as amended, and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995; 120. Encourages States that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185) 55 and the Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) of the International Labour Organization, as well as to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, 56 as amended, calls upon States to effectively implement their obligations under those instruments, and emphasizes the need to provide to States, at their request, technical cooperation and assistance in this regard; 121. Invites States to ratify or accede to the Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on the Implementation of the Provisions of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977; 122. Welcomes in this regard the holding of a Ministerial Conference on Fishing Vessel Safety and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, organized by the International Maritime Organization and the Government of Spain in Torremolinos, Spain, from 21 to 23 October 2019, to promote the ratification of the Cape Town Agreement, whose entry into force would create a more robust International Maritime Organization regulatory framework for the safety of fishing vessels and fishing vessel personnel; __________________ 53 54 55 56 22/57 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 591, No. 8564. Ibid., vol. 1361, No. 23001. Ibid., vol. 2304, No. 41069. Ibid., vol. 2952, No. 51299. 19-21313