A/RES/52/26 Page 3 Expressing its appreciation once again to the Secretary-General for his efforts in support of the Convention and in its effective implementation, including providing assistance in the functioning of the institutions created by the Convention, Noting the responsibilities of the Secretary-General under the Convention and related resolutions of the General Assembly, in particular resolution 49/28, and emphasizing the importance of the performance of such responsibilities for the effective and consistent implementation of the Convention, Recalling its resolution 50/214 of 23 December 1995, in which it decided that savings in the programme budget would not affect the full implementation of mandated programmes and activities, Noting with appreciation the continued efforts of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat to provide timely information on the oceans, marine affairs and the law of the sea through its Web site on the Internet, Conscious of the need to promote and facilitate international cooperation, especially at the subregional and regional levels, in order to ensure the orderly and sustainable development of the uses and resources of the seas and oceans, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,8 and reaffirming the importance of the annual consideration and review by the General Assembly of the overall developments pertaining to the implementation of the Convention, as well as of other developments relating to the law of the sea and ocean affairs, 1. Calls upon all States that have not done so, in order to achieve the goal of universal participation, to become parties to the Convention and the Agreement; 2. Calls upon States to harmonize their national legislation with the provisions of the Convention, 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 are in conformity with the Convention and to withdraw any of their declarations or statements that are not in conformity; 3. Reaffirms the unified character of the Convention; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to convene the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention from 18 to 22 May 1998; 5. Approves the convening by the Secretary-General of the third and fourth sessions of the Commission, to be held from 4 to 15 May and 31 August to 4 September 1998 respectively; 6. Notes with satisfaction the progress in the work of the International Seabed Authority, in particular the approval, during the third session of the Authority in 1997, of seven plans of work for exploration in the Area, and the progress being made by the Legal and Technical Commission towards the formulation of a draft mining code; 7. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the Tribunal, the progress made towards the conclusion of a headquarters agreement between the Tribunal and 8 A/52/487. /...