Official documents

Report of the Intergovernmental Conference at its fifth session

Certified True Copy 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

Letter dated 30 June 2023 from the President of the Intergovernmental Conference to the President of the General Assembly (A/77/945)

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 (A/CONF.232/2023/4) - adopted on 19 June 2023.

Draft 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 (A/CONF.232/2023/L.3)

Programme of work (further resumed fifth session)

A/CONF.232/2023/L.2- Draft report of the 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 at its fifth session 

Programme of work (resumed fifth session)

Further refreshed draft text of an 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 (Resumed fifth session)

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Statement by the President of the conference issued after the suspension of the fifth session

Fifth report of the Credentials Committee

Agenda

Programme of work

Further revised draft text of an 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: Note by the President

General Assembly decision 76/564 to convene a fifth session of the Conference (provisionally available as A/76/L.46)

Other documents

Final list of participants

Information for participants (further resumed fifth session)

Further refreshed draft text of an 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 (version showing changes compared to the Refreshed draft text issued as A/CONF.232/2022/CRP.12) (Resumed fifth session) 

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Compilation of outcomes of small group work submitted after the issuance of the Refreshed draft text of an 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 (A/CONF.232/2022/CRP.12) and Ending point of the Facilitators-led discussions held on 26 August 2022 on measures such as area-based management tools, including marine protected areas, and on environmental impact assessments (Resumed fifth session) 

Information for participants (resumed fifth session)

A compilation of textual proposals for consideration at the fifth session dated 1 August 2022

Statements