THE MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION COMPENDIUM

MULTILATERAL / FISHERIES
First Update; pages 403-403


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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 48/445 on Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-net Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas, New York, 1993

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Done at New York 21 December 1993
Primary source citation: Copy of text provided by the United Nations


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48/445. "Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing and its impact on the living marine resources of the world's oceans and seas Date: 21 December 1993 Meeting: 86 Adopted without a vote Report: A/48/717/Add.6

The General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee and taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General, decided:

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To reaffirm the importance it attaches to compliance with its resolution 46/215 of 20 December 1991;

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To express its appreciation of the measures taken by members of the international community, international organizations and regional economic integration organizations to implement and support the objectives of resolution 46/215, while expressing concern at reports of conduct and activities inconsistent with the terms of resolution 46/215;

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To call on all members of the international community, intergovernmental organizations, regional economic integration organizations and appropriate non-governmental organizations to provide the Secretary-General with information relevant to the implementation of resolution 46/215, and requests the Secretary-General to report to it at its forty-ninth session, and to submit subsequently annual updates on further developments relevant to the implementation of resolution 46/215.