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Oceans and the law of the sea
four thematic areas of information-sharing, training, national legislation and capacitybuilding, and notes the adoption in January 2017 of the Jeddah Amendment to the
Djibouti Code of Conduct;
147. Expresses its deep concern at the continuing incidents of piracy and armed
robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, in particular violence against innocent crew
members of vessels, notes the adoption by the Security Council of resolutions
2018 (2011) of 31 October 2011 and 2039 (2012) of 29 February 2012 and the
statement by the President of the Council of 25 April 2016, 60 supports the recent
efforts to address this problem at the global and regional levels, recalls the primary
role of States in the region to counter the threat and address the underlying causes of
piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, welcomes the adoption in
Yaoundé on 25 June 2013 of the Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of
Piracy, Armed Robbery against Ships, and Illegal Maritime Activity in West and
Central Africa, and calls upon States in the region to implement the Code of Conduct
as soon as possible and consistent with international law, in particular the Convention;
148. Urges States to ensure the full implementation of resolution A.1069(28) of
29 November 2013 of the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization on
prevention and suppression of piracy, armed robbery against ships and illicit maritime
activity in the Gulf of Guinea;
149. Calls upon States that have not yet done so to become parties to the
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime
Navigation 61 and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety
of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 61 invites States that have not yet
done so to consider becoming parties to the 2005 Protocol to the Convention for the
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation 62 and
the 2005 Protocol to the 1988 Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against
the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 63 and urges States
parties to take appropriate measures to ensure the effective implementation of those
instruments through the adoption of legislation, where appropriate;
150. Calls upon States to effectively implement the International Ship and Port
Facility Security Code and the amendments to the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 64 and to work with the International Maritime Organization to
promote safe and secure shipping while ensuring freedom of navigation;
151. Urges all States, in cooperation with the International Maritime
Organization, to improve the protection of offshore installations by adopting
measures related to the prevention, reporting and investigation of acts of violence
against installations, in accordance with international law, and by implementing such
measures through national legislation to ensure proper and adequate enforcement;
152. Emphasizes the progress in regional cooperation, including the efforts of
littoral States, on the enhancement of safety, security and environmental protection in
the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, and the effective functioning of the Cooperative
Mechanism on Safety of Navigation and Environme ntal Protection in the Straits of
Malacca and Singapore (the Cooperative Mechanism) to promote dialogue and
facilitate close cooperation between the littoral States, user States, shipping industries
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S/PRST/2016/4; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2015–
31 December 2016 (S/INF/71).
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1678, No. 29004.
International Maritime Organization, document LEG/CONF.15/21.
International Maritime Organization, document LEG/CONF.15/22.
International Maritime Organization, documents SOLAS/CONF.5/32 and SOLAS/CONF.5/34,
and document MSC 81/25/Add.1, annex 2, resolution MSC.202(81), introducing the long-range
identification and tracking of ships system.
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