Summary
On Friday, 14 July, delegates met in the informal working group on crosscutting issues, discussing: use of terms, scope and objective of the ILBI, relationship with other agreements; as well as guiding principles and approaches, and international cooperation, for BBNJ conservation and sustainable use.
In the afternoon, plenary resumed to discuss next steps including the convening of an intergovernmental conference and the status of the Chair’s streamlined non-paper.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the 4th Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292: Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
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L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Barbara Boechat, Brazil; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS
Metod Špaček, EU
Alice Revell, New Zealand
Matthías Pálsson, Iceland
Audrey Naana Abayena, Ghana
Kabure Yeeting, Kiribati
Josefina Bunge, Argentina
Javier Gorostegui, Chile
Narayanane Saravanane, India
Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea
Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
Juan Cuéllar Torres, Colombia
Ismail Raushan, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States
Diedre Mills, Jamaica, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Participants at PrepCom 4
Sesselja Sigurdardóttir, Iceland
Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico
Mamadou Diallo, Senegal
Rena Lee, Singapore
Evan Bloom, US
Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, on behalf of the G-77/China
Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation
Rogelio Villanueva Jr., the Philippines
Lisa Speer, Natural Resources Defense Council
Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Hina Saeed Baig, Pakistan
Ma Xinmin, China
L-R: Kristina Gjerde, Cymie Payne, and Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, IUCN
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Barbara Boechat, Brazil; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS
L-R: Javier Gorostegui, Chile, in a conversation with Metod Špaček, EU
Greenpeace images and encouraging messages from the Alboran Sea
Duncan Currie (second from right), Greenpeace, in a discussion with delegates from New Zealand
Delegates from WWF