Oceans and the law of the sea A/RES/74/19 a year, distributed in such a way that the Commission determines to be the most effective, and that no two sessions be sequential, 20 Recognizing the need to ensure that the Commission can perform its functions under the Convention expeditiously, efficiently and effectively and maintain its high level of quality and expertise, Expressing concern about the implications of the workload of the Commission for the conditions of service of its members, Recalling, in this regard, the decisions of the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-ninth Meetings of States Parties to the Convention regarding the conditions of service of the members of the Commission, 21 Recalling also 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 socioeconomic aspects, both current and foreseeable, building on existing regional assessments, as recommended by the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 22 and noting the need for cooperation among all States to this end, Recalling further its decisions, in resolution 65/37 A of 7 December 2010, resolution 66/231 of 24 December 2011, resolution 70/235 of 23 December 2015, resolution 71/257 of 23 December 2016, resolution 72/73 of 5 December 2017 and resolution 73/124, regarding the Regular Process, as established under the United Nations and accountable to the General Assembly, Recalling that the Division was designated to provide secretariat support to the Regular Process, including its established institutions, Reaffirming the cross-cutting role of ocean science in Sustainable Development Goal 14 of the 2030 Agenda, Reaffirming also its decision, in resolution 72/73, to proclaim the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development for the 10 -year period beginning on 1 January 2021, within existing structures and available resources, Recognizing the importance and the contribution of the work of the Informal Consultative Process established by the General Assembly in its resolution 54/33 of 24 November 1999 to facilitate the annual review of developments in ocean affairs by the Assembly, Noting the continuously growing 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, 54/33, 65/37 A, 65/37 B of 4 April 2011, 66/231, 67/78 of 11 December 2012, 68/70 of 9 December 2013, 69/245 of 29 December 2014, 70/235, 71/257, 72/73, 72/249 and 73/124, and in this context the unprecedented 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, the provision of technical assistance and capacity building, the need for enhanced support and assistance to the Commission and the role of the Division in carrying out its functions as the secretariat of the Regular Process, in relation to the functions as focal point for UN-Oceans and in relation to __________________ 20 21 22 19-21313 See SPLOS/229 and SPLOS/303. See SPLOS/286, SPLOS/303 and SPLOS/29/9. 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. 7/57