The European Union fully supports the renewal of the mandate of the United Nation's Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP).

The European Union attaches the highest priority to improving oceans and fisheries governance, including in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

Ad hoc Group for Energy Related Climate IssuesAsian Development BankCaribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM)Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentEuropean Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT)Independent World Commission on OceansLatin American Energy Organization (OLADE)Ramsar Convention on WetlandsSouth Pacific Permanent Commission (CPPS)

Let me also take this opportunity to note in this context the European Marine Strategy, adopted by the European Commission last month, which represents a significant contribution to our joint efforts to ensure the sustainable use of the world's oceans.

Member States of WHO are grouped into six regions relating to Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, the Western Pacific and Europe.

Several delegations informed the meeting about the European Union tsunami action plan, which included the establishment of an early warning system for the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

The European Union welcomes the decision to launch the first regular phase of the Global Marine Assessment (GMA).

Among the many issues on the agenda, the Commission discussed its possible contribution to the future European marine strategy and a number of issues related to marine biodiversity.

These are transatlantic submarine communication cables that travel across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, connecting North America to Europe.

4. African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) European Community (EC) Organization of African Unity (OAU) Ministerial Conference of West and Central African States on Maritime Transport (MINCONMAR) and World Customs Organization (WCO).

The European Community is a contracting party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the United Nations 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement in its own right, and has thus accepted legal obligations with respect to oceans and law of the sea that are particularly relevant to the Consultative Process.

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Mr. Bradshaw (United Kingdom) I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the European Community as a party to the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The GERMA project on developing a marine resources management system based on satellite images is currently being set up with co financing from the European Union, the Ministry of Maritime Fisheries and Merchant Shipping (MPMMM) and the CRTS.

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It remains our belief that their arrest and transfer to The Hague would clear the path to increased participation by Western Balkan countries in European and Euro Atlantic processes.

85 The Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea contributed to the Conference by advising African States about the framework for sustainable marine development provided by UNCLOS.

The IOC ocean sub portals for Africa, Latin America and South East Asia aim to facilitate access to information on all aspects of ocean and coastal research and management.

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11. Declarations upon ratification, accession or formal confirmation of UNCLOS have been made by 45 States and the European Community.

We have developed genuine partnerships with the Union and the alliance.

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The resolution was adopted on 31 August 1998 in Lisbon on the occasion of the Parliamentary meetings of the Council of Europe on the Oceans.

Regional rounds will be held in Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the United States.

Training activities are planned for Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe and Central Asia.

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Kenya is also actively involved in the Eastern Africa Regional Seas Programme and the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based Activities, and is the coordinator of the New Partnership for Africa's Development coastal and marine thematic area.

That must be seen in the wider context of an all embracing maritime policy for the European Union, on which the European Commission will publish a consultation document in the first half of 2006.

I have the honour to request permission to address the Fourth Committee on the question of Western Sahara.

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