UNITED NATIONS 



GENERAL 

 ASSEMBLY 



Eis-tr. 

 uLKERAL 



A ■VES/2kl3 (XXIII) 

 ■^k ?ectmber 1^68 



Twenty-thiri ses = ior. 

 Agenda itet. Ul 



BESCLUTICK ALCFTEL BY ^E GEJIEPAL ASSEMBLY 



/or. the reccrt of the Second Ccmmittee (a/739M/ 



21+15 (XXIII) . 3yr]£ilatl cr. an^ ccn servation of living 

 marine resouro'ss 



The General Assembly , 



R^.^ilir.g its resolution 2172 (XXI) of 6 December 1,66 requesting the 

 secretary-General to prenaro propccals for ensuring the most effective arrangement, 

 for an expanded prcgramme of international co-operation to assist in a betxer 

 understanding of the marine environment through science, and for the development of 

 marine re-.ources, '^ith due regard for the corservaticn of fish stocks, 



Having considered the report entitled "Resources of th3 sea beyond the 

 continental shelfi/ prepared by the Se.retary-General under Economic and Social 

 Counc^-l resolution 1112 (XL) of 7 Xarch I966 and the report entitled "Karine science 

 and technology: survey and proposals"^/ prepared by the Secretary-General under 

 General Assembly resolution 2172 (XXl) , 



Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1^81 (XLV) of 2 August 1968, 

 Taking into account the valuable and extensive vork accomplished and being 

 carried out in this field by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United 

 Nations and its Corr^ittee on Fisheries, and by other specialized agencies and 

 intergoverr^ental organizations concerned, striving tovards an increase in the 

 vorld's food production. 



y E/UUU9 and Add.l and 2. 



2/ E/UU87 and Corr.1-6 and Add.l. 



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