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

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.)