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Oceans and Law of the Sea


SEA/1809
14/06/2004
Press Release
SEA/1809

FOURTEENTH MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION


ON LAW OF THE SEA AT HEADQUARTERS, 14-18 JUNE


To Consider Budget of International Tribunal, Receive Information about Work

Of International Seabed Authority, Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf


The fourteenth meeting of States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 14 to 18 June. 

SEA/1806
04/06/2004
Press Release
SEA/1806


SEABED AUTHORITY’S ASSEMBLY ELECTS SATYA NANDAN TO THIRD TERM AS SECRETARY-GENERAL


(Reissued as received.)


KINGSTON, 3 June (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, meeting at Kingston, this afternoon elected the current Secretary-General of the Authority, Satya N. Nandan, to a third four-year term.

SEA/1804
04/06/2004
Press Release
SEA/1804


UN WORKSHOP TO CONSIDER NEW GLOBAL MECHANISM TO ASSESS


STATE OF WORLD’S OCEANS, 7 - 11 JUNE


NEW YORK, 4 June (DPI) –- More than 200 delegates from national governments and international organizations are expected to attend a week-long meeting at the United Nations to consider details of a global mechanism which will regularly assess the state of the world’s oceans.

SEA/1802
03/06/2004
Press Release
SEA/1802

ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF REPORT; POSTPONES


ACTION ON seabed AUTHORITY’S BUDGET TO TOMORROW

(Reissued as received.)


KINGSTON, 2 June (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, on the eve of its final Kingston session, this afternoon completed consideration of the report of Secretary-General

Satya N. Nandan, deferring action on the Authority’s budget to enable one delegation to consult its Government.