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Oceans and Law of the Sea

SEA/1578

SEABED COUNCIL RECEIVES MINING CODE DRAFT

24 March 1998


Press Release
SEA/1578


SEABED COUNCIL RECEIVES MINING CODE DRAFT

19980324 (Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 23 March -- A completed draft of the mining code that will regulate exploration for polymetallic nodules in the deep seabed was presented this morning to the Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston.

SEA/1577

TADEUSZ BACHLEDA-CURUS (POLAND), PRESIDENT OF SEABED ASSEMBLY FOR 1998

18 March 1998


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SEA/1577


TADEUSZ BACHLEDA-CURUS (POLAND), PRESIDENT OF SEABED ASSEMBLY FOR 1998

19980318

KINGSTON, 17 March -- Tadeusz Bachleda-Curus (Poland), who was elected today as President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority for 1998, is Vice-Secretary and Principal Geologist of the State in the Ministry of Environment Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry of Poland.

SEA/1575

JOACHIM KOCH (GERMANY), PRESIDENT OF SEABED COUNCIL FOR 1998

17 March 1998


Press Release
SEA/1575


JOACHIM KOCH (GERMANY), PRESIDENT OF SEABED COUNCIL FOR 1998

19980317

KINGSTON, 16 March -- Joachim Koch (Germany), who was elected today as President of the Council of the International Seabed Authority for 1998, has headed since 1983 the Division for Legal Questions Relating to Economic Activities in the High Seas and Polar Regions, in the German Ministry of Economics.

SEA/1574

SEABED AUTHORITY OPENS 1998 SESSION; COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT

17 March 1998


Press Release
SEA/1574


SEABED AUTHORITY OPENS 1998 SESSION; COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT

19980317

KINGSTON, 16 March -- The International Seabed Authority opened its fourth annual session at Kingston this afternoon with meetings of its principal organs -- the 137-member Assembly and the 36-member Council.