A/RES/70/235
Oceans and the law of the sea
consideration and review of developments relating to ocean affairs and the law of
the sea by the General Assembly as the global institution having the competence to
undertake such a review;
326. Notes that the report referred to in paragraph 324 above will also be
submitted to States Parties pursuant to article 319 of the Convention regarding
issues of a general nature that have arisen with respect to the Convention;
327. Also notes the desire to further improve the efficiency of and effective
participation of delegations in the informal consultations concerning the annual
General Assembly resolution on oceans and the law of the sea, decides that the
period of the informal consultations on that resolution should not exceed a
maximum of two weeks in total and that the consultations should be scheduled in
such a way that the Division has sufficient time to produce the report referred to in
paragraph 324 above, and invites States to submit text proposals for inclusion in the
resolution to the Coordinator of the informal consultations at the earliest possible
date;
328. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session
the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
82nd plenary meeting
23 December 2015
Annex
Amendments to annex II to General Assembly resolution 55/7: Trust
Fund for the purpose of facilitating the preparation of submissions
to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for
developing States, in particular the least developed countries and
small island developing States, and compliance with article 76
of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Terms of reference, guidelines and rules
2.
Objects and purpose of the Trust Fund
In paragraph 9, amend the last sentence to read:
“The object of the Fund is to enable developing States, in particular, the
least developed coastal countries and small island developing States, to make
an initial assessment of their particular case, make appropriate plans for
further investigations and data acquisition, to prepare the final submission
documents when the necessary data have been acquired, and to meet with the
Commission when it is considering their submission upon the Commission’s
invitation.”
4.
Application for financial assistance
In paragraph 16, insert the following subparagraph after subparagraph (d):
“(d bis) Air travel and daily subsistence allowance for up to three
members of a delegation when the Commission or relevant subcommission has
invited that delegation to attend its meeting or session, except in cases where a
joint submission of three or more States is being considered, for which a
maximum of six members total of such a joint delegation may receive
assistance;”
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