Advance and unedited text (English only): Sixty-second session, Agenda item 79 (a) of the provisional agenda* - Oceans and the law of the sea, Report of the Secretary-General

The present report has been prepared in compliance with the request made by the General Assembly in paragraph 130 of its resolution 61/222 that the Secretary-General submit to the Assembly at its 62nd session a comprehensive report on developments and issues relating to ocean affairs and the law of the sea. It is also submitted to States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, pursuant to article 319 of the Convention, to be considered by the Meeting of States Parties under the agenda item entitled "Report of the Secretary-General under article 319 for the information of States parties on issues of a general nature, relevant to States parties, that have arisen with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea."