COUNCIL ENDORSES $10.5 MILLION BUDGET FOR SEABED AUTHORITY,

WITH COMPROMISE ON ASSESSMENTS AND TRAVEL COSTS

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SEABED COUNCIL SEEKS AGREEMENT ON SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

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KINGSTON, 13 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority agreed in Kingston this morning to appoint an informal group to look for agreement between differing positions on the scale of assessed contributions to the Authority for 2003-04.

The Council was continuing its deliberations, begun yesterday afternoon

COUNCIL TAKES UP SEABED SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

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KINGSTON, 12 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston, began this morning a discussion on the regulation of prospecting and exploration for hydrothermal polymetallic sulphides and cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the deep ocean.

COUNCIL TAKES UP SEABED AUTHORITY’S BUDGET AND ASSESSMENTS

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      KINGSTON, 12 August (International Seabed Authority) --The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting this afternoon in Kingston, began discussing the budget and scale of assessments of the Authority for 2003-04.

SEABED ASSEMBLY TAKES UP REPORT ON AUTHORITY’S WORK

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KINGSTON, 9 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority began this morning its annual review of the work of the Authority and prospects for its future activities.

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION AGREES ON NEXT STEP

IN STUDY OF SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

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LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION TAKES UP SEABED SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

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SEABED COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT FOR 2002

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KINGSTON, 7 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, at a brief meeting this morning in Kingston, elected by acclamation Fernando Pardo Huerta, Permanent Representative of Chile to the Authority, as Council President for this year.

SEABED AUTHORITY HEARS LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS

ON NEW DEEP-SEA MINERALS

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SEABED AUTHORITY WORKSHOP SUGGESTS FOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS

ON MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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