SIXTEENTH LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

NEW YORK, 13 December (Office of Legal Affairs) -- The Legal Counsel of the United Nations, acting on the recommendation of an expert advisory panel, has made two awards under the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, the regular sixteenth award to Kamran Hashemi of Iran and a second, funded by a special grant from the United Kingdom, to Boris Danailov of Bulgaria.

JOINT GROUP OF EXPERTS ON SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION HOLDS THIRTY-FIRST SESSION

Evaluate Group’s Impact, Role in Assessment of Marine Environment

SEABED AUTHORITY ENDS SESSION, TO MEET AGAIN 5-16 AUGUST 2002;

COUNCIL DEFERS STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY TO BEGIN WORK NEXT YEAR

ON POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES AND COBALT-RICH CRUSTS

      KINGSTON, 12 July -- The International Seabed Authority, looking for the first time at two recently discovered sources of valuable minerals in the deep oceans, has set a course for the first leg of its future work on the topic -– the main issue at its seventh session, held in Kingston from 2 to 13 July.

SEABED COUNCIL REACHES COMPROMISE ON FURTHER STUDY OF POLYMETALLIC

SULPHIDES AND COBALT-RICH CRUSTS

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 11 July -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority reached a compromise this afternoon on how it should continue work concerning the exploration of polymetallic sulphides and cobalt-rich crusts in the deep seabed.

SEABED ASSEMBLY NOTES SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT,

APPROVES CREDENTIALS, APPOINTS AUDITOR

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 10 July -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority took note this afternoon of the annual report of the Secretary-General, approved the report of the Credentials Committee and reappointed the firm KPMG Peat Marwick to audit the Authority’s accounts.

SEABED ASSEMBLY ELECTS FINANCE COMMITTEE, ADOPTS STAFF REGULATIONS,

DISCUSSES REPORT ON AUTHORITY’S WORK

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

SEABED COUNCIL ELECTS 24-MEMBER LEGAL, TECHNICAL COMMISSION

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

SEABED COUNCIL HEARS INITIAL VIEWS OF COUNTRIES

ON POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES, COBALT CRUSTS

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 5 July -- Participants in the Council of the International Seabed Authority voiced their preliminary comments this afternoon as the Council began discussing the regulation of exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt-rich crusts.

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION APPROVES ENVIRONMENTAL

ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES, SEABED COUNCIL TOLD

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)