United Nations General Assembly Resolution 51 - 36 on Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing, Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction, and Fisheries By-Catch and Discards, New York, 1997
Done at New York 27 November 1997
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UNITED NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/28
26 January 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 39 (
b)RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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without reference to a Main Committee (A/52/L.29 and Add.1)]52/28. Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the
Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly
Migratory Fish Stocks
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/192 of 22 December 1992, concerning the United Nations Conference on
Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and resolutions 50/24 of 5 December 1995
and 51/35 of 9 December 1996, concerning the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and
Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks,
1Recalling also resolutions I and II adopted by the Conference,
2Recognizing the importance of the Agreement for the conservation and management of straddling fish
stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and the need for the regular consideration and review of
developments relating thereto,
Recognizing also the importance of artisanal and subsistence fishers,
Noting with appreciation the information provided by States, relevant specialized agencies, international
organizations, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in accordance with
resolution 51/35,
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A/CONF.164/37; see also A/50/550, annex I.2
A/CONF.164/38, annex; see also A/50/550, annex II.Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,
31.
Recognizes the significance of the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions the UnitedNations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and
Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
1 as an important contribution toensuring the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks;
2.
Emphasizes the importance of the early entry into force and effective implementation of theAgreement;
3.
Calls upon all States and other entities referred to in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreementthat have not done so to ratify or accede to it and to consider applying it provisionally;
4.
Also calls upon States to ensure that any declarations or statements that they have made or makewhen signing, ratifying or acceding to the Agreement are consistent with articles 42 and 43 of the Agreement;
5.
Takes note with concern that many commercially important straddling fish stocks and highlymigratory fish stocks have been subject to heavy and little-regulated fishing efforts and that some stocks
continue to be overfished;
6.
Welcomes the fact that a growing number of States and other entities, as well as regional andsubregional fishery management organizations and arrangements, have adopted legislation, established
regulations or taken other measures to implement the provisions in the Agreement, and urges them to enforce
those measures fully,
7.
Calls upon States and other entities and regional and subregional fishery management organizationsand arrangements that have not done so to consider taking measures to implement the provisions of the
Agreement;
8.
Urges States, relevant specialized agencies, international organizations, intergovernmental bodiesand non-governmental organizations that have not yet done so to provide information to the Secretary-General
to ensure as comprehensive a report as possible;
9.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session andbiennially thereafter on further developments relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish
stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, including the status and implementation of the Agreement, taking
into account information provided by States, relevant specialized agencies, in particular the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and other appropriate organs, organizations and programmes
of the United Nations system, regional and subregional organizations and arrangements for the conservation
and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, as well as other relevant
intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations;
10.
Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that reporting on all major fishery-related activitiesand instruments is effectively coordinated and duplication of activities and reporting minimized, and that
relevant scientific and technical studies are disseminated to the international community, and invites the
relevant specialized agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, as well
as regional and subregional fishery organizations and arrangements, to cooperate with the Secretary-General
to that end;
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A/52/555.11.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session, under an item entitled"Oceans and law of the sea", the sub-item entitled "Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of
the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and
Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks".
57th plenary meeting
26 November 1997