Oceans and the law of the sea A/RES/74/19 States, specialized agencies, funds, programmes and bodies of the United Nations, as well as other intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and relevant stakeholders, and requests the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission to continue to provide information on the development of the implementation plan and present it to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; 303. Requests that the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission regularly consult with, and report to, Member States on the United Nations Decade o f Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and its implementation; 304. Invites the Secretary-General to inform the General Assembly on the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development through his report on oceans and the law of the sea, on the basis of information to be provided by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; 305. Invites UN-Oceans and its participants to collaborate with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission on the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development; XII Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects 306. Reiterates the need to strengthen the regular scientific assessment of the state of the marine environment in order to enhance the scientific basis for policymaking; 307. Reaffirms the principles guiding the Regular Process and its objective and scope, recalls the crucial importance of the Regular Process for ongoing ocean-related intergovernmental processes and its possible inputs, including for the 2030 Agenda, the development of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, among other relevant processes, and notes the importance of continuing support and cooperation between the activities of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and those of the Regular Process; 308. Recalls the importance of ensuring that assessments, such as those included in the Global Sustainable Development Report and those prepared under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Intergovernmental Science -Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the Regular Process, support one another and avoid unnecessary duplication, and also recalls the importance of compatibility and synergies between such assessments and assessments at the regional level; 309. Reaffirms the importance of the first World Ocean Assessment as the outcome of the first cycle of the Regular Process, recalls the technical abstracts of the Assessment, and reiterates its concern as reflected in the findings of the Assessment, as recorded in paragraph 289 of its resolution 71/257 and in subsequent resolutions; 310. Recalls the decision that, in the first cycle, the scope of the Regular Process focused on establishing a baseline, and that the scope of the second cycle would extend to evaluating trends and identifying gaps, also recalls the approval by the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole of the outline for the second world ocean assessment, notes the consideration by the Bureau of the Ad Hoc Working Group during the intersessional period of an annotated outline for the second world ocean assessment, and also notes the further revised timetable and implementation plan for 19-21313 49/57