(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 years session.
(Received from International Seabed Authority.)
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
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.
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.)
Expected to Hold Elections for Officers of Commission
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
KINGSTON, 26 August -- Officials of the Government of Jamaica and the International Seabed Authority signed in Kingston this afternoon the new Headquarters Agreement governing the relationship between the Government and the Authority.
Approves Most Rules for Legal and Technical Commission
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
