Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

64^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA URGED TO SUPPORT EURO

AS CURRENCY OF REFERENCE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

In a brief meeting this morning, the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea were urged to support the euro as the currency of reference for the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea.

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

63^rd Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA BRIEFED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL

OF INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY

FIRST TRAINING COURSE IN BRAZIL FOR DELINEATION OF OUTER LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL

SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES, RIO DE JANEIRO, 3 TO 8 MARCH

Between 3 and 8 March 2002, in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Government hosted a five-day training course on the delineation of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

61^st Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION OPEN TWELFTH MEETING

The States Parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea this morning opened their twelfth meeting by welcoming three new members -- Bangladesh, Madagascar and Hungary -- as they marked the Convention’s twentieth anniversary. The total number of parties to the Convention now stands at 138.

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

62^nd Meeting (PM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA EXAMINE

2003 DRAFT BUDGET OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

The States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea met briefly this afternoon to consider the 2003 draft proposed budget of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Background Release

TWELFTH MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA,

HEADQUARTERS, 16 - 26 APRIL

To Elect Members of International Tribunal for Law of Sea and Commission

On Limits of Continental Shelf; Approval of Tribunal Budget Also Expected

INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON OCEAN AFFAIRS TO HOLD THIRD MEETING

AT HEADQUARTERS, 8 - 15 APRIL

To Focus on Protection, Preservation of Marine Environment; Capacity-

Building, Regional Cooperation and Coordination, Integrated Ocean Management

The Third Meeting of the United Nations Consultative Process on Ocean Affairs will focus its one-week session, to be held at Headquarters from 8 to

Background Release

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF CONVENES

TO EXAMINE SUBMISSION OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION

PROFESSOR ELISABETH MANN BORGESE, CO-ARCHITECT

OF LAW OF SEA CONVENTION, DIES AT 83

NEW YORK, 8 February (UN Information Service) -- Professor Elizabeth Mann Borgese, who for more than three decades was one of the driving forces in the search for peaceful uses of the oceans and a fair and equitable distribution of their resources, died today in Switzerland at the age of 83.

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF RECEIVES ITS FIRST SUBMISSION

Russian Federation First To Move

To Establish Outer Limits of Its Extended Continental Shelf