Summary
Highlights for Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Participants greet Michael Lodge (left), ISA Secretary-General, at the morning session
On Tuesday, 17 July, the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) addressed:
On the revised draft regulations, discussions focused on:
For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital web coverage and daily reports in English and French from ISA-24. In addition, IISD Reporting Services, will publish a summary and analysis report from ISA-24 on Sunday, 29 July 2018.
Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera
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Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session
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Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General
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Ma Xinmin and Liu Feng, China
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Michelle Walker, Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission (LTC)
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Malakai Finau, Fiji
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Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
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Tommo Monthe, Cameroon
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Kathy Ann Brown, Jamaica
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Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
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Didier Ortolland, France
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Urs Daniel Engels, Germany
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Tetsuya Yoshimoto, Japan
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David Yardley, Australia
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Tom Diederen, the Netherlands
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M. Rajeevan, India
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Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Holy See
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Piotr Nowak, Poland
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Guy Sevrin, Belgium
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Conn Nugent, Pew Charitable Trusts
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Duncan Currie, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
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Cristóbal Hernández Castillo and Sergio Hernàndez Núñez, Chile
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Kenneth Wong, Canada
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Gavin Watson, United Kingdom (UK)
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Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
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Tidiani Couma, Monaco
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Marzia Rovere and Arianna Cofini, Italy
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Delegates from Senegal during the Council meeting
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Delegates from Chile discuss informally
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Kenneth Wong, Canada; Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh; and Lynn Finnegan, ENB
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Delegates before the morning session
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Sergio Hernàndez Núñez, Chile, and Nicole de Paula, ENB
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Steve Persall, UK Seabed Resources, and Kirsty McQuaid, Plymouth University
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Delegates from Japan
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Delegates share a laugh before the afternoon session
Around the Venue
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