In progress at UNHQ

Oceans and Law of the Sea


SEA/1738
18/04/2002
Press Release
SEA/1738


Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

64th 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.

SEA/1736
16/04/2002
Press Release
SEA/1736


Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

62nd 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.

SEA/1735
16/04/2002
Press Release
SEA/1735


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.

SEA/1734
16/04/2002
Press Release
SEA/1734


Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

61st 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.

SEA/1732
08/04/2002
Press Release
SEA/1732


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

SEA/1730
08/02/2002
Press Release
SEA/1730


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.