18. Requests the Secretary-General to establish a voluntary trust fund to provide training for technical and administrative staff, and technical and scientific advice, as well as personnel, to assist developing States, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, for the purpose of desktop studies and project planning, and preparing and submitting information under article 76 and annex II to the Convention in accordance with the procedures of the Scientific and Technical Guidelines of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, and to report annually to the General Assembly on the status of the fund;Terms of reference are annexed to the present resolution (see annex II).
18. 请秘书长设立一项自愿信托基金，用以训练技术和行政人员以及提供技术和科学咨询及人员，协助发展中国家，特别是最不发达国家和小岛屿发展中国家进行桌面研究和项目规划，及按照公约第七十六条和附件二，依照《大陆架界限委员会科学和技术准则》的程序编制和提交资料，并请秘书长每年向大会提交关于基金状况的报告；职权范围见本决议附件二。