Noting the important role of the Commission in assisting States parties in the implementation of Part VI of the Convention, through the examination of information submitted by coastal States regarding the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, and acknowledging in this regard the anticipated workload of the Commission owing to an increasing number of submissions, placing additional demands on its members and on the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat ("the Division"), and the need to ensure that the Commission can perform its functions under the Convention effectively and maintain its high level of quality and expertise,
注意到委员会发挥重要作用，通过审查沿海国就200海里以外大陆架外部界限提交的资料，协助缔约国执行《公约》第六部分，为此确认，因提交的划界案越来越多，委员会工作量预期会增加，加大委员会成员和秘书处法律事务厅海洋事务和海洋法司（海洋法司）的压力，需要确保委员会能根据《公约》有效开展工作，保持高质量和高专业水平，