Oceans and the Law of the Sea

A/RES/65/37BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74a Oceans and the law of the sea, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

29 versions · 1998–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/110

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/110	Oceans and the law of the sea	26,991	82%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/144	Oceans and the law of the sea	29,051	77%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/69	Oceans and the law of the sea	28,253	71%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/248	Oceans and the law of the sea	30,451	83%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/72	Oceans and the law of the sea	29,565	89%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

44 reports · 2003–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/345	Oceans and the law of the sea report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/110
2026	A/81/68	Oceans and the law of the sea report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/110A/RES/78/69
2025	A/80/364	Oceans and the law of the sea report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/144
2025	A/80/70	Oceans and the law of the sea report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/144
2024	A/79/340	Oceans and the law of the sea report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/69

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Cooperation Between Organizations Inter-Agency Cooperation Law of the Sea Marine Environment Marine Resources Oceans Report Preparation

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

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²Resolution 65/37, in section I of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/65/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 65/37 A.

Endorses the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process;⁴

⁴Ibid., annex.

Requests the Secretary-General to explore, in consultation with the Group of Experts on the Regular Process, the establishment of appropriate means to address the communication requirements of the Regular Process, having in mind the need to avoid duplication of efforts, and to report on the findings as soon as practicable;

Requests the secretariat of the Regular Process, with the assistance of the Group of Experts, to inventory, on a preliminary basis, capacity-building for assessments and types of experts for workshops and to report on these issues at the next meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole;

Requests the Secretary-General, upon the request of the Group of Experts and in line with paragraph 211 of resolution 65/37 A of 7 December 2010, to facilitate the use of appropriate data handling and information schemes within the United Nations system, drawing on the experiences, existing systems and support of other United Nations specialized agencies and programmes;

Invites States to provide comments on the possible outline for the first global integrated assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects,⁵ the draft criteria for the appointment of experts and the draft guidelines for workshops by 30 April 2011,⁶ and requests the Group of Experts to prepare, by 30 May 2011, revised versions of those draft documents so as to reflect the comments of States, for further discussion and adoption at the next meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole;

⁵See annex C to the Set of Options.

⁶Available from www.un.org/depts/los/global_reporting/global_reporting.htm.

Requests the Group of Experts, in consultation with the secretariat of the Regular Process and with the assistance of the members of UN-Oceans, to explore means of leveraging existing systems to manage the information that comprises the foundation of the global marine assessment and to report its findings by 30 May 2011 for the consideration of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole at its next meeting;

Requests the Secretary-General to convene within existing resources the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on 27 and 28 June 2011 to address outstanding issues identified in the report of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole,2 with a view to enabling the first cycle of the first global integrated assessment to proceed, and to provide recommendations to the General Assembly for consideration at its sixty-sixth session.

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