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. 

WORKSHOP examining establishment of mechanism for global assessment

of marine environment to convene at un headquarters, 7 - 11 JUNE

Background Release                                         

Fifth Meeting of un Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans

and Law of Sea to take place at Headquarters, 7 - 11 June

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.

seabed ASSEMBLY ELECTS 20 MEMBERS TO COUNCIL, ADOPTS

BUDGET FOR ORGANIZATION’S 2005-2006 OPERATIONS

(Reissued as received.)

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.

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.

COUNCIL PROPOSES SATYA NANDAN, CHARLES D’AWOL AS CANDIDATES

FOR ELECTION AS seabed AUTHORITY’S SECRETARY-GENERAL

Adopts Authority’s Budget as It Concludes 2004 Session

(Reissued as received.)

SEABED AUTHORITY ENDS TENTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SESSION

with EXPERT PANEL on FUTURE DIRECTIONS

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 26 May (International Seabed Authority) -- The International Seabed Authority today concluded the two-day observance of its tenth anniversary with a second panel discussion by experts on its future directions and prospects.

Brazil submits information to commission regarding

outer limits of its extended continental shelf