Recalling its resolution 2172 (XXI) of 6 December 1966 requesting the Secretary-General to prepare proposals for ensuring the most effective arrangements for an expanded programme of international co-operation to assist in a better understanding of the marine environment through science, and for the development of marine resources, with due regard for the conservation of fish stocks,
Havin.(J considered the report entitled "Resources of the sea beyond the continental shelf"28 prepared by the Secretary-General under Economic and Social Council resolution 1112 (XL) of 7 March 1966 and the report entitled "Marine science and technology: survey and proposals"29 prepared by the Secretary-General under General Assembly resolution 2172 (XXI),
Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1381 (XLV) of2August 1968,
Taking into account the valuable and extensive work accomplished and being carried out in this field by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its Committee on Fisheries, and by other specialized agencies and intergovernm~ntal or&:anizations concerned, striving towards an mcrease m the worl<l's food pro<luction,
Deeply concerned that a large proportion of the world's population continues to suffer from malnutrition and notably from lack of protein,
Mindful of the importance of the living resources of the sea as one of mankind's most important food resources,
Realizing the increasing importance of maximizing the sustainable yield of living marine resources through conservation and rational development,
Aware of the grave danger of the over-exploitation and depletion of these resources, to which the rapid progress in fisheries technology is contributing,
l. Invites Governments of Member States to increase international co-operation in the field of <levelopment ancl exploitation of living marine resources outside the limits of national jurisdiction. having regard to the special needs ami interests of the developing countries and with particular emphasis on the need for rational exploitation ancl con,ervation of fish stocks.
taking into account the valuable work of the Food and .\griculture Organization of tlw United Nations and 2s E/4449 and Add.l and 2.
:l8 E/4487 and Corr.1-6 and Add.1.
its Committee on Fisheries and also of regional and other specialized fishery bodies;
2
Urgesthe United Nations specialized agencies and other intergovernmental organizations concerned to take measures for the further improvement of international collaboration, in relation to fisheries development and conservation, and of technical assistance, where requested by developing countries;
3
Requeststhe Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Direct9r-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and in consultation with Governments of States Memhers of the United Nations ancl with other international organizations concerned, to report to the Economic and Social Council at its forty-ninth session on the specific measures which have been taken bv Governments of Member States and by the internation;l organizations concernecl in the implementation of the present resolution, and requests the Economic and Social Council to report thereon to the General Assernbly at its twenty-fifth sess1011.
1745th ¡,lenary merting.
17 Decrmber 1968.
ALGERIA, BRAZIL, BURUNDI, BYELORUSSIAN SovIET SocIALIST REPUBLIC 24 CAMEROON CAN ADA, (EYLON, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, FE~ERAL REPUBLI~ OF GERMANY, lRAN, hALY, LEBANON, MAURITIUS,
NETHERLANDS,
NIGERIA, PANAMA,
PHILIPPINES, PoLANo,25 RoMANIA, SPAIN, SwEDEN, SwnzERLAND, THAILAND, TUNISIA, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC and VENEZUELA.
