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and activities and to contribute to the preparation of the comprehensive report of the
Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea;
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Activities of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
72. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the annual
comprehensive report on oceans and the law of the sea,4 prepared by the Division
for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, as well as for the other activities of the
Division, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention and the mandate set
forth in resolutions 49/28, 52/26, 54/33, and 56/12 of 28 November 2001;
73. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to carry out the
responsibilities entrusted to him in the Convention and related resolutions of the
General Assembly, including resolutions 49/28 and 52/26, and to ensure that
appropriate resources are made available to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Sea for the performance of such responsibilities under the approved
budget for the Organization;
74. Invites Member States and others in a position to do so to support the
training activities under the TRAIN-SEA-COAST Programme of the Division for
Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea;
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Trust funds and fellowships
75. Recognizes the importance of assisting developing countries, in particular
the least developed countries and small island developing States, in implementing
the Convention, and urges 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 the trust funds, as referred to in resolution 57/141, established
for this purpose;
76. Also recognizes the importance of the Trust Fund for preparation of
submissions to the Commission in assisting developing States, in particular the least
developed countries and small island developing States, in preparing their
submissions where their continental shelves extend beyond 200 nautical miles and,
in order to facilitate the management of the Trust Fund, amends, as set out in the
annex to the present resolution, sections 1, 4 and 6 of the terms of reference,
guidelines and rules of the Trust Fund, as contained in annex II to resolution 55/7 of
30 October 2000, in accordance with paragraph 31 of the annex;
77. Urges Member States and others in a position to do so to contribute to
the further development of the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship
Programme on the Law of the Sea established by the General Assembly in its
resolution 35/116 of 10 December 1980;
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Fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly
78. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
fifty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including other
developments and issues relating to ocean affairs and the law of the sea, in
connection with his annual comprehensive report on oceans and the law of the sea,
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