Oceans and Law of the Sea

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SEA/1658

SEABED COUNCIL, OPENING SIXTH SESSION, ADOPTS AGENDA RESUMES WORK ON MINING CODE

(Received from International Seabed Authority.)

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SEA/1655

SEA BED AUTHORITY TO FOCUS ON MINING CODE AT SIXTH SESSION, IN KINGSTON, 20 - 31 MARCH

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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SEA/1656

SEABED AUTHORITY BEGINS SIXTH SESSION; ELECTS PRESIDENT, ADOPTS AGENDA

(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.

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SEA/1657

LIESBETH LIJNZAAD (NETHERLANDS), PRESIDENT OF SEABED ASSEMBLY FOR 2000

(Received from International Seabed Authority.)

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SEA/1654

FOURTEENTH LAW OF THE SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

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.

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SEA/1653

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF ADOPTS ANNEXES TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL GUIDELINES

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SEA/1651

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

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.)

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SEA/1652

SIXTH SESSION OF COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO DISCUSS TRAINING, TRUST FUND FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Expected to Hold Elections for Officers of Commission

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SEA/1650

SEABED ASSEMBLY ADOPTS BUDGET, CONCLUDES WORK AFTER SETTING TWO-PART SESSION FOR 2000

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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SEA/1648

JAMAICA AND SEABED AUTHORITY SIGN HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT

(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.