38. Recalls the request to the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on the study undertaken by the International Maritime Organization, in cooperation with other competent international organizations, following the invitation extended to it in resolution 58/14 and resolution 58/240 of 23 December 2003, to examine and clarify the role of the "genuine link" in relation to the duty of flag States to exercise effective control over ships flying their flag, including fishing vessels, and the potential consequences of non-compliance with the duties and obligations of flag States prescribed in the relevant international instruments;
38. 回顾曾请秘书长向大会第六十一届会议报告国际海事组织应大会第58/14号决议和2003年12月23日第58/240号决议的邀请，与其他主管国际组织合作进行的研究，该研究旨在审查并澄清在船旗国对悬挂本国国旗的船舶（包括渔船在内）行使有效管制义务方面，"真正联系"所起的作用，以及船旗国不遵守相关国际文书规定的责任和义务的可能后果；