Oceans and Law of the Sea


SEA/1540/
7 April 1997


Press Release
SEA/1540/


STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION CONCLUDE SIXTH MEETING CORRECTION

19970407

In Press Release SEA/1540 of 20 March, the first sentence of the second paragraph on page 2 should read:

Following the entry into force of the Convention, the States parties established 5 February 1997 as the deadline for the submission of nominations, and 13 March 1997 as the date of the election.

SEA/1548*
1 April 1997


Press Release
SEA/1548*


SEABED AUTHORITY ENDS FIRST SERIES OF 1997 MEETINGS

19970401 (Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 27 March -- The Assembly and the Council of the International Seabed Authority today held their final meetings for the first half of the two-part 1997 session at Kingston.

SEA/1548
31 March 1997


Press Release
SEA/1548


THIRD SESSION (FIRST PART) OF INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY, KINGSTON, 17-27 MARCH

19970331 Legal and Technical Commission Completes Initial Readings of Seabed Mining Code; Council and Assembly Endorse Agreement on Relations with United Nations

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)