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transparency and responsiveness of the mechanism for coordination on ocean
issues, 19 and also requests the Secretary-General to include in his report specific
suggestions on initiatives to improve coordination, in particular at the inter-agency
level, in accordance with resolution 54/33, and encourages all United Nations bodies
to help this process by drawing to the attention of the Secretariat and the
Subcommittee on Oceans and Coastal Areas of the Administrative Committee on
Coordination those areas of their work which may, directly or indirectly, affect the
work of other United Nations bodies;
50. Also requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of heads of intergovernmental organizations, the specialized agencies and
funds and programmes of the United Nations engaged in activities relating to ocean
affairs and the law of the sea, drawing their attention to paragraphs of particular
relevance to them, 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;
51. Invites the competent international organizations, as well as funding
institutions, to take specific account of the present resolution in their programmes
and activities, and to contribute to the preparation of the comprehensive report of
the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea;
XV. Trust funds
52. Recognizes the importance of the trust funds established by the
Secretary-General pursuant to General Assembly resolution 55/7 for the purpose of
assisting States in the settlement of disputes through the Tribunal, 20 and of assisting
developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island
developing States, in the preparation of submissions to the Commission in
compliance with article 76 of the Convention, 21 in defraying the cost of participation
of Commission members in the meetings of the Commission,22 and in attending the
meetings of the Consultative Process; 23 and invites States, intergovernmental
organizations and agencies, national institutions, non-governmental organizations
and international financial institutions, as well as natural and juridical persons, to
make voluntary financial or other contributions to these trust funds;
XVI. Fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly
53. Decides to devote two days of plenary meetings at the fifty-seventh
session of the General Assembly, on 9 and 10 December 2002, to the consideration
of the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea” and the commemoration of the
twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the Convention, and
encourages Member States and observers to be represented at the highest possible
level;
54. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, including
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19
The mechanism for coordination at this time is the Subcommittee on Oceans and Coastal Areas of the
Administrative Committee on Coordination, the status of which is currently under review as part of the
reform of the machinery of the Administrative Committee on Coordination as a whole.
20
See resolution 55/7, para. 9.
21
Ibid., para. 18.
22
Ibid., para. 20.
23
Ibid., para. 45.
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