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from The context of the assessment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2017
The World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002, recommended that there should be established a Regular Process for the Global Reporting and Assessment of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects (WSSD, 2002). This recommendation was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2002 (UNGA, 2002).
After considerable preparatory work, including as a first phase the production of the assessment of assessments (AoA, 2009), the United Nations General Assembly approved in 2009 the framework for the Regular Process developed by its Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole. This framework for the Regular Process consisted of: (a) the overall objective for the Regular Process, (b) a description of the scope of the Regular Process, (c) a set of principles to guide its establishment and operation and (d) the best practices on key design features for the Regular Process as identified by the group of experts established for the assessment of assessments (see below). The framework further provided that capacitybuilding, sharing of data, information and transfer of technology would be crucial elements of the framework. The following paragraphs set out these elements in the terms approved by the General Assembly (AHWGW, 2009; UNGA, 2009).
Overall objective
The Regular Process, under the United Nations, would be recognized as the global mechanism for reviewing the state of the marine environment, including socioeconomic aspects, on a continual and systematic basis by providing regular assessments at the global and supraregional levels and an integrated view of environmental, economic and social aspects. Such assessments would support informed decision-making and thus contribute to managing in a sustainable manner human activities that affect the oceans and seas, in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea1 and other applicable international instruments and initiatives.
The Regular Process would facilitate the identification of trends and enable appropriate responses by States and competent regional and international organizations.
The Regular Process would promote and facilitate the full participation of developing countries in all of its activities.
Ecosystem approaches would be recognized as a useful framework for conducting fully integrated assessments.
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