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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;
87. 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 environmental protection to
promote dialogue and facilitate close cooperation between the littoral States, user
States, shipping industry and other stakeholders in line with article 43 of the
Convention, and notes with appreciation the convening of the second Cooperation
Forum and second Project Coordination Committee meeting, in Singapore from
14 to 16 October 2009, and the fourth Aids to Navigation Fund Committee Meeting,
in Malaysia on 19 and 20 October 2009, the three events being key pillars of the
Cooperative Mechanism, and the important role of the Information Sharing Centre
of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery
against Ships in Asia, based in Singapore, and calls upon States to give immediate
attention to adopting, concluding and implementing cooperation agreements at the
regional level;
88. Recognizes that some transnational organized criminal activities threaten
legitimate uses of the oceans and endanger the lives of people at sea;
89. Notes that transnational organized criminal activities are diverse and may
be interrelated in some cases and that criminal organizations are adaptive and take
advantage of the vulnerabilities of States, in particular coastal and small island
developing States in transit areas, and calls upon States and relevant
intergovernmental organizations to increase cooperation and coordination at all
levels to detect and suppress the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons,
in accordance with international law;
90. Recognizes the importance of enhancing international cooperation at all
levels to fight transnational organized criminal activities, including illicit traffic in
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, within the scope of the United Nations
instruments against illicit drug trafficking, as well as the smuggling of migrants and
trafficking in persons and criminal activities at sea falling within the scope of the
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; 38
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91. Calls upon States that have not yet done so to become parties to the
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing
the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 39 and the
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women
and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, 40 and to take appropriate measures to ensure their effective
implementation;
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92. Calls upon States to ensure freedom of navigation, the safety of
navigation and the rights of transit passage, archipelagic sea lanes passage and
innocent passage in accordance with international law, in particular the Convention;
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.
Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574.
40
Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.
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