Oceans and Law of the Sea

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ “Turning the Tide” opening remarks to the Ocean Conference in New York today:

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its forty-third session at United Nations Headquarters from 30 January to 17 March.

NEW YORK, 6 March — (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — Maria Emilynda Jeddahlyn Pia Benosa of the Philippines has been awarded the 2017 Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea.  Viviana Gutierrez Delgado was selected as an alternate in case Ms. Benosa is unable to accept the Fellowship.

NEW YORK, 6 March (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold an open meeting on 10 March to mark 20 years since it was established.

NEW YORK, 30 January (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) ― The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its forty-third session from 30 January to 17 March.

NEW YORK, 6 December (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) ― The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its forty-second session at United Nations Headquarters from 17 October to 2 December 2016.

NEW YORK, 14 October (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its forty-second session from 17 October to 2 December.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, in Hamburg, Germany, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on World Maritime Day, to be observed on 29 September:

NEW YORK, 30 August (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) ― The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its forty-first session at United Nations Headquarters from 11 July to 26 August.\