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Sixteenth Meeting of the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on
Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP-16)

6-10 April 2015 | UN Headquarters, New York, US


Highlights for Wednesday, 8 April 2015

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L-R: Silvia Velo, Italy, and Vasco Becker-Weinberg, Portugal

On Wednesday, delegates to the sixteenth meeting of the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (Consultative Process or ICP-16) continued consideration of this year’s topic: oceans and sustainable development: integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development, namely, environmental, social and economic.

In the morning, delegates heard five presentations on “opportunities for, and challenges to, the enhanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development in relation to oceans” from: Rémi Parmentier, Global Ocean Commission; Biliana Cicin-Sain, Global Ocean Forum; Helena Motta, Worldwide Fund for Nature; Vasco Becker-Weinberg, Secretariat of State of the Seas, Portugal; and Silvia Velo, Ministry of Land and Resources, Italy.

In the afternoon, delegates heard five presentations on the same topic from: Kwame Koranteng, FAO; Julian Barbière, International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, WorldFish; and Nicole Glineur, Global Environment Facility.


The morning panel on “opportunities for, and challenges to, the enhanced
integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development in relation to oceans.”

L-R: Helena Motta, Worldwide Fund for Nature, and Biliana Cicin-Sain, Global Ocean Forum

L-R: Julian Barbière, IOC-UNESCO, and Kwame Koranteng, FAO

L-R: Nicole Glineur, GEF, and
Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, WorldFish


In the afternoon, delegates heard presentations as part of the last of three panels on “opportunities for, and challenges to,
the enhanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development in relation to oceans.”

L-R: Daniela Diz, ENB, and Angel Horna, Peru,
confer during the lunch break

Empty seats in conference Room 1
awaiting the return of delegates from lunch


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