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of their economic base in the fishing industry, consistent with the duty to ensure the
proper conservation and management of fisheries resources;
28. Notes with appreciation the contributions made by States to the
Assistance Fund established under Part VII of the Agreement, and encourages
States, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, national
institutions and non-governmental organizations, as well as natural and juridical
persons, to make further voluntary financial contributions to the Fund;
29. Notes with satisfaction that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the
Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat (“the Division”) have taken measures to
publicize the availability of assistance through the Assistance Fund, and encourages
the Organization and the Division to continue their efforts in this regard;
30. Encourages accelerated progress by States, individually and, as
appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations
and arrangements, regarding the recommendations of the Review Conference on the
Agreement, held in New York from 22 to 26 May 2006, 14 and the identification of
emerging priorities;
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31. Recalls paragraph 31 of resolution 63/112 concerning the request to the
Secretary-General to resume the Review Conference, convened pursuant to
article 36 of the Agreement, which will be held in New York from 24 to 28 May
2010;
32. Encourages wide participation in the resumed Review Conference, in
accordance with article 36 of the Agreement;
33. Takes note of the report of the eighth round of informal consultations of
States parties to the Agreement, 15 and requests that the Secretary-General, in
preparing, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, the updated comprehensive report referred to in paragraph 32 of
resolution 63/112, take into account the specific guidance proposed by the eighth
round of informal consultations regarding that report;
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34. Recalls paragraph 6 of resolution 56/13 of 28 November 2001, and
requests the Secretary-General to convene in March 2010 a ninth round of informal
consultations of States parties to the Agreement for a duration of two days, to serve
primarily as a preparatory meeting for the resumed Review Conference;
35. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a draft provisional agenda and
draft organization of work for the resumed Review Conference and to circulate them
at the same time as the provisional agenda of the ninth round of informal
consultations of States parties to the Agreement, sixty days in advance of these
consultations;
36. Also requests the Secretary-General to invite States, and entities referred
to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement, not parties
to the Agreement, as well as the United Nations Development Programme, the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other specialized agencies,
the Commission on Sustainable Development, the World Bank, the Global
Environment Facility and other relevant international financial institutions,
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See A/CONF.210/2006/15.
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