A/RES/74/19
Oceans and the law of the sea
support for the implementation by Member States of the oceans -related Sustainable
Development Goals in the 2030 Agenda,
Reaffirming the importance of the work of the International Seabed Authority
(the Authority) in accordance with the Convention and the Agreement relating to the
Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
of 10 December 1982 (the Part XI Agreement), 23
Reaffirming also the importance of the work of the International Tribunal for
the Law of the Sea (the Tribunal) in accordance with the Convention,
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Implementation of the Convention and related agreements and instruments
1.
Reaffirms the unified character of the Convention 1 and the vital
importance of preserving its integrity;
2.
Calls upon all States that have not done so, in order to fully achieve the
goal of universal participation, to become parties to the Convention and the Part XI
Agreement; 23
3.
Calls upon States that have not done so, in order to achieve the goal of
universal participation, to become parties to the Agreement for the Implementation
of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of
10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish
Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (the Fish Stocks Agreement); 24
4.
Calls upon States to harmonize their national legislation with the
provisions of the Convention and, where applicable, relevant agreements and
instruments, to ensure the consistent application of those provisions and to ensure
also that any declarations or statements that they have made or make when signing,
ratifying or acceding to the Convention do not purport to exclude or to modify the
legal effect of the provisions of the Convention in their application to the State
concerned and to withdraw any such declarations or statements;
5.
Calls upon States Parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to
deposit with the Secretary-General charts or lists of geographical coordinates, as
provided for in the Convention, preferably using the generally accepted and most
recent geodetic datums;
6.
Notes, in this regard, the ongoing efforts of the Secretary-General to
improve the existing geographic information system for the deposit by States of charts
and geographical coordinates concerning maritime zones, including lines of
delimitation, submitted pursuant to the Convention, and to give due publicity thereto,
also notes the ongoing cooperation and progress achieved in th e development by the
International Hydrographic Organization, in cooperation with the Division, of the
technical standards for the collection, storage and dissemination of the information
deposited, which are not legally binding, in order to ensure compatibility among
geographic information systems, electronic nautical charts and other systems, and
re-emphasizes the importance of the completion of these efforts through wide
participation and reviews by Member States;
7.
Also notes that the twenty-ninth Meeting of States Parties to the
Convention requested the Secretariat to prepare a note on the practice of the
Secretary-General in respect of the deposit of charts and geographical coordinates
under the Convention for submission to the thirtieth Meeting , in 2020; 5
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1836, No. 31364.
Ibid., vol. 2167, No. 37924.
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