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SEA/1656
20 March 2000


Press Release
SEA/1656


SEABED AUTHORITY BEGINS SIXTH SESSION; ELECTS PRESIDENT, ADOPTS AGENDA

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(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 20 March -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority opened its sixth session in Kingston this morning, with the election of its President and the adoption of an 11-item agenda for both parts of this year’s session.

SEA/1654
15 December 1999


Press Release
SEA/1654


FOURTEENTH LAW OF THE SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

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NEW YORK, 10 December (Office of Legal Affairs) -- The Legal Counsel of the United Nations has awarded the fourteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea to Fathima Razni Mulafer of Sri Lanka, with a special award to Derrick F.P. Oderson of Barbados, and has selected Salieu Kabba Sankoh of Sierra Leone as the third ranking candidate.

SEA/1651
30 August 1999


Press Release
SEA/1651


FIFTH SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY, KINGSTON, 9-27 AUGUST

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Starts Second Reading of Mining Code, Adopts $5.3 Million Budget And Rules for Legal and Technical Commission; To Meet Twice in 2000

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

SEA/1647
27 August 1999


Press Release
SEA/1647


COUNCIL ADOPTS FINANCIAL REGULATIONS OF SEABED AUTHORITY, DISCUSSES LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION RULES

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(Received from the International Seabed Authority)

KINGSTON, 26 August -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston this morning, adopted without vote the regulations that will govern the financial administration of the Authority.