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Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (General Assembly resolution 72/249)

Officers

Mrs. Rena Lee, Ambassador for Oceans and Law of the Sea Issues and Special Envoy of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, was elected President of the Conference at the beginning of the organizational meeting of the Conference, held from 16 to 18 April 2018.

The Conference, at its first session, elected 15 Vice-Presidents to the Bureau of the Conference, as follows: Algeria, the Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Japan, Mauritius, Mexico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Morocco, Poland, the Russian Federation and the United States of America.

 

 

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Status of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction - list of signatories

21 September 2023

Arrangements to sign the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

11 September 2023

Compilation of statements made by delegations under item 5, “General exchange of views”, at the further resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental conference, as submitted by 30 June 2023 (A/CONF.232/2023/INF.5)

07 August 2023