A/RES/64/71 ships, and encourages States and relevant international organizations to contribute to this work through participation in the relevant processes of the Committee; 123. Encourages States that have not done so to become parties to the Protocol of 1997 (Annex VI-Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, and the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (“the London Protocol”), and furthermore to ratify or accede to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, 52 thereby facilitating its early entry into force; 51F 124. Takes note of the adoption of amendments to the Protocol of 1997 to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, to reduce harmful emissions from ships; 125. Notes the ongoing work of the International Maritime Organization in accordance with its resolution on International Maritime Organization policies and practices related to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships; 53 52F 126. Urges States to cooperate in correcting the shortfall in port waste reception facilities in accordance with the action plan to address the inadequacy of port waste reception facilities developed by the International Maritime Organization; 54 53F 127. Recognizes that most of the pollution load of the oceans emanates from land-based activities and affects the most productive areas of the marine environment, and calls upon States as a matter of priority to implement the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Landbased Activities 55 and to take all appropriate measures to fulfil the commitments of the international community embodied in the Beijing Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action; 56 54F 5F 128. Expresses its concern regarding the spreading of hypoxic dead zones in oceans as a result of eutrophication fuelled by riverine run-off of fertilizers, sewage outfall and reactive nitrogen resulting from the burning of fossil fuels and resulting in serious consequences for ecosystem functioning, and calls upon States to enhance their efforts to reduce eutrophication and, to this effect, to continue to cooperate within the framework of relevant international organizations, in particular the Global Programme of Action; 129. Calls upon all States to ensure that urban and coastal development projects and related land-reclamation activities are carried out in a responsible manner that protects the marine habitat and environment and mitigates the negative consequences of such activities; 130. Notes the agreement of the twenty-fifth session of the United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment _______________ 52 International Maritime Organization, document BWM/CONF/36, annex. International Maritime Organization, Assembly resolution A.963(23). 54 International Maritime Organization, document MEPC 53/9/1, annex 1. 55 See A/51/116, annex II. 56 UNEP/GPA/IGR.2/7, annex V. 53 22