17. Calls upon States to assist developing States, and especially the least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as coastal African States, at the bilateral and, where appropriate, multilateral level, in the preparation of submissions to the Commission regarding the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, including the assessment of the nature and extent of the continental shelf of a coastal State through a desktop study, and the delineation of the outer limits of its continental shelf;
17. 吁请各国通过双边并酌情通过多边途径，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非洲沿海国家编写关于划定200海里以外大陆架外部界限的划界案，包括通过编写桌面研究报告来评估沿海国家大陆架的性质和范围，以及划定其大陆架的外部界限，以便提交委员会；