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Eighth Round of Informal Consultations of States Parties to the UNFSA (Fish Stocks Agreement)

16-19 March 2009 | UN headquarters, New York, US

Daily highlights, Monday 16 March 2009
Delegates reflect on the day’s work.

Václav Mikulka, Director of the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), opened the eighth round of informal consultations on Monday morning. Ambassador David Balton, US, was then elected Chair of the consultations, and the plenary adopted its provisional agenda without amendments. Delegates then convened in informal consultations throughout the remainder of Monday and considered capacity building, the promotion of wider participation in the agreement and the relationships between the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and with other relevant international instruments.

Ambassador David Balton (second from left) takes the chair. Others pictured, from left to right: Václav Mikulka; and André Tahindro.
Moderator Joji Morishita takes a brief pause before resuming the afternoon’s session.
Related Links
Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks resources
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Provisional agenda
Draft Programme of Work
Revised draft Organization of Work
Report of the seventh round of Informal Consultations of States Parties

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