12. Encourages States to assist developing States, and especially the least developed States and small island developing States, as well as coastal African States, on a bilateral and, where appropriate, regional level, in the preparation of submissions to the Commission, including the assessment of the nature of the continental shelf of a coastal State made in the form of a desktop study, and the mapping of the outer limits of its continental shelf;
12. 鼓励各国在双边一级以及酌情在区域一级协助发展中国家，特别是最不发达国家和小岛屿发展中国家以及沿海非洲国家编写划界案提交委员会，包括以桌面研究报告形式评估沿海国大陆架的性质，以及测绘其大陆架的外部界限；