(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
KINGSTON, 19 August -- A proposal to identify gaps in knowledge about the environmental impact of deep-seabed mining, and to draw up a plan for gathering such data, was placed this morning before the Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston.
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
KINGSTON, 18 August -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston this afternoon, continued discussion of draft rules of procedure of its Legal and Technical Commission, taking up several contentious points relating to amendments proposed earlier.
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
KINGSTON, 18 August -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston this morning, continued discussion on the draft rules of procedure of the Legal and Technical Commission which that body prepared last year.
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
(Received from International Seabed Authority.)
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
(Received from International Seabed Authority.)
KINGSTON, 16 August -- An informal revision of regulations prepared for the draft mining code for exploration for polymetallic nodules in the deep seabed was presented this afternoon to the Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston.
(Received from International Seabed Authority)
KINGSTON, 13 August -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston this afternoon, decided to elect Australia and Italy to fill vacancies left by Canada and the United States on the 36-member Council of the Authority.
(Received from International Seabed Authority.)
KINGSTON, 13 August -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, at informal consultations in Kingston today, concluded its first reading of the draft regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic nodules in the international seabed area, known as the mining code.
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
