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Oceans and the law of the sea
pursuant to resolution 55/7 in order to cover the costs of their travel, and shall also
be eligible to receive daily subsistence allowance subject to the availa bility of funds
after the travel costs of all other eligible representatives from those countries
mentioned in paragraph 310 above have been covered;
312. Recalls its decision in resolution 69/245 that, in its deliberations on the
report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea, the Informal
Consultative Process will focus its discussions at its seventeenth meeting on the
theme “Marine debris, plastics and microplastics”;
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Coordination and cooperation
313. Encourages States to work closely with and through international
organizations, funds and programmes, as well as the specialized agencies of the
United Nations system and relevant international conventions, to identify emerging
areas of focus for improved coordination and cooperation and how best to address
these issues;
314. Expresses its concern at the desecration of graves at sea and the looting
of wrecks of ships constituting such graves, and calls upon States to cooperate, as
appropriate, to prevent the looting and desecration of wrecks of ships constituting
graves in order to ensure that proper respect is given to all human remains located in
maritime waters, consistent with international law, including, as appropriate, the
2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, among
parties thereto;
315. Encourages bodies established by the Convention to strengthen
coordination and cooperation, as appropriate, in fulfilling their respective mandates;
316. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of heads of intergovernmental organizations, the specialized agencies,
funds and programmes of the United Nations engaged in activities relating to ocean
affairs and the law of the sea, as well as funding instituti ons, and underlines the
importance of their constructive and timely input for the report of the Secretary General on oceans and the law of the sea and of their participation in relevant
meetings and processes;
317. Welcomes the work done by the secretariats of relevant United Nations
specialized agencies, programmes, funds and bodies and the secretariats of related
organizations and conventions to enhance inter-agency coordination and cooperation
on ocean issues, including, where appropriate, through UN -Oceans, the inter-agency
coordination mechanism on ocean and coastal issues within the United Nations
system;
318. Recognizes the work undertaken by UN-Oceans, under the revised terms
of reference for the work of UN-Oceans, and with the United Nations Legal
Counsel/Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea as the focal point of
UN-Oceans, and, as an interim measure, in this regard, invites Member States and
others in a position to do so to make financial earmarked contributions to the trust
fund established by the Secretary-General for the Office of Legal Affairs to support
the promotion of international law, and authorizes the Secretary -General to disburse
funds from such contributions to that trust fund for the purposes of the development
and maintenance of an online searchable database for an inventory of the mandates
of UN-Oceans members and priorities approved by the respective governing bodies
of the participating organizations of UN-Oceans, with a view to identifying possible
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