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Fisheries and to consider adopting the Agreement to Promote Compliance with
International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the
High Seas:
1. Decides to adopt the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries;
2. Calls on States, International Organizations, whether Governmental or
Non-Governmental, and all those involved in fisheries to collaborate in the
fulfillment and implementation of the objectives and principles contained in this
Code;
3 Urges that special requirements of developing countries be taken into
account in implementing the provisions of this Code;
4. Requests FAO to make provision in the Programme of Work and Budget
for providing advice to developing countries in implementing this Code and for the
elaboration of art Interregional Assistance Programme for external assistance aimed
at supporting implementation of the Code;
5. Further requests FAO, in collaboration with members and interested
relevant organizations, to elaborate, as appropriate, technical guidelines in support
of the implementation of the Code;
6. Calls upon FAO to monitor and report on the implementation of the Code
and its effects on fisheries, including action taken under other instruments and
resolutions by UN organizations and, in particular, the resolutions adopted by the
General Assembly to give effect to the Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks leading to 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;
7. Urges FAO to strengthen Regional Fisheries Bodies in order to deal more
effectively with fisheries conservation and management issues in support of
subregional, regional and global cooperation and coordination in fisheries.