Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Oceans and Law of the Sea

SEA/1536

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY TO MEET IN KINGSTON, 17 TO 27 MARCH

13 March 1997


Press Release
SEA/1536


INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY TO MEET IN KINGSTON, 17 TO 27 MARCH

19970313 Background Release

KINGSTON, 13 March -- Work on a mining code for the deep seabed, designed to regulate prospecting and exploration for mineral resources that lie at the bottom of the ocean beyond the jurisdiction of any country, will be taken up when the International Seabed Authority holds the first part of its third session at Kingston, from 17 to 27 March.

SEA/1520

ASSEMBLY OPENS SECOND PART OF SEABED SESSION; EXTENDS PROVISIONAL MEMBERSHIP OF STATES

6 August 1996


Press Release
SEA/1520


ASSEMBLY OPENS SECOND PART OF SEABED SESSION; EXTENDS PROVISIONAL MEMBERSHIP OF STATES

19960806 (Received from a UN Information Officer.)

KINGSTON, 5 August -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority began the second part of its second session this afternoon by agreeing to allow 30 countries to continue to participate in its work on a provisional basis.