Oceans and the law of the sea A/RES/74/19 sustainable use, provided by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea in its wide-ranging cooperation with organizations at the regional level under the Convention for the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea , 1964; 130 336. Welcomes regional cooperation, and in this regard notes the Pacific Oceanscape Framework as an initiative to enhance cooperation among coastal States in the Pacific island region to foster marine conservation and sustainable development; 337. Notes with appreciation the various cooperative efforts displayed by States at the regional and subregional levels, and in this regard welcomes initiatives, such as the Integrated Assessment and Management of the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem; 338. Acknowledges relevant cooperation among the members of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic; 339. Recalls the decision of the Assembly of the African Union in January 2015 to adopt Agenda 2063, also recalls that the African Unio n launched the Decade of African Seas and Oceans (2015–2025), and notes that the African Day of the Seas and Oceans is to be celebrated annually on 25 July; 340. Notes the adoption of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024 by the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, held in Vienna from 3 to 5 November 2014, 131 following the comprehensive 10-year review of the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action: Addressing the Special Needs of Landlocked Developing Countries within a New Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation for Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries, 132 and also notes the need for cooperation to address the development needs and challenges faced by landlocked developing countries associated with, inter alia, their lack of direct territorial access to the sea, remoteness and isolation from world markets, in line with the objectives of the Vienna Programme of Action; 341. Also notes the efforts of the Sargasso Sea Commission, led by the Government of Bermuda, to raise awareness of the ecological significance of the Sargasso Sea; 342. Further notes the Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation, negotiated under the auspices of the Arctic Council, and notes that its implementation will increase the development of scientific knowledge about the region; 343. Notes the cooperation between the OSPAR Commission established by the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North -East Atlantic 133 and the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission; XIV Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea 344. Welcomes the report of the Co-Chairs on the work of the Informal Consultative Process at its twentieth meeting, which focused on the theme of ocean __________________ 130 131 132 133 19-21313 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 652, No. 9344. Resolution 69/137, annex II. Report of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 28 and 29 August 2003 (A/CONF.202/3), annex I. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2354, No. 42279. 53/57