A/RES/64/71 Welcoming the agreed outcome reflected in the report of the nineteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention regarding the workload of the Commission, and noting in particular the decision of the Meeting to continue to address the issues related to the workload of the Commission as a matter of priority, as well as the decision that its bureau would facilitate an informal working group to continue consideration of the issues related to the workload of the Commission, 11 10F Recalling its decision, in resolutions 57/141 of 12 December 2002 and 58/240 of 23 December 2003, to establish a regular process under the United Nations for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects, both current and foreseeable, building on existing regional assessments, as recommended by the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 12 and noting the need for cooperation among all States to this end, 1F Recalling also the launching of the start-up phase, the “assessment of assessments”, and noting the work carried out by the Group of Experts established pursuant to resolution 60/30 of 29 November 2005 under the guidance of the Ad Hoc Steering Group for the “assessment of assessments” and with the assistance of the lead agencies, the United Nations Environment Programme and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the support provided by other organizations and experts, Recognizing the importance and the contribution of the work of the Consultative Process established by resolution 54/33 of 24 November 1999 to facilitate the annual review of developments in ocean affairs by the General Assembly, Noting the responsibilities of the Secretary-General under the Convention and related resolutions of the General Assembly, in particular resolutions 49/28 of 6 December 1994, 52/26 of 26 November 1997 and 54/33, and in this context the substantial increase in activities of the Division, in particular in view of the growing number of requests to the Division for additional outputs and servicing of meetings, its increasing capacity-building activities, the need for enhanced support and assistance to the Commission and the role of the Division in inter-agency coordination and cooperation, 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”), 13 12F Reaffirming also the importance of the work of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (“the Tribunal”) in accordance with the Convention, _______________ 11 Ibid., para. 95. See Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex. 13 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1836, No. 31364. 12 5