SIXTH MEETING OF UNITED NATIONS OPEN-ENDED INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS

ON OCEANS AND LAW OF SEA TO TAKE PLACE AT HEADQUARTERS, 6 - 10 JUNE

To Focus on Fisheries, Their Contribution to Sustainable Development, Marine Debris

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION

NEW YORK, 29 April 2005 (DOALOS) – The fifteenth session of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf [hereafter:  the Commission] was held at United Nations Headquarters from 4 to 22 April 2005.

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD

 

FIFTEENTH SESSION FROM 4 TO 22 APRIL

 

MILINDA GUNETILLEKE OF SRI LANKA AWARDED NINETEENTH LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship to Be Used for Study on Issues relating to Continental Margin

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NEW YORK, 19 November (UN Office of Legal Affairs) -- Milinda Gunetilleke of Sri Lanka was awarded the nineteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea.

Round-up of Session

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF EXAMINES SUBMISSION OF BRAZIL

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Background Release

law of the sea delegates adopt budgetary, financial decisions

States Parties Conclude Session; President of Meeting

Notes Spirit of Compromise on Contentious Article in Convention

AFTER LENGTHY CONSULTATIONS, STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION

REACH CONSENSUS ON TWO PROPOSALS ON APPLICATION OF KEY ARTICLE

Difference of Views on Handling General Issues, Administrative Concerns

Following lengthy consultations and breaking a diplomatic impasse, the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea adopted two proposals by consensus, as it continued its fourteenth session today.

Meeting of States Parties                                        

states parties to United Nationssea law convention hear reports

from heads of seabed authority, continental shelf commission

Speakers Review Procedural Issues, Take Note of Tribunal Auditors’ Report