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Delegates considered a document prepared by the IGC President, which identified areas for further discussion not containing treaty text, aimed at leading to substantive discussions based on the elements of a package agreed in 2011 on marine genetic resources (MGRs), including questions on benefit-sharing; environmental impact assessments (EIAs); area-based management tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs); and capacity building and marine technology transfer (CB&TT).
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Summary report 4–17 September 2018
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1st Meeting of the BBNJ Working Group
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2nd Meeting of the BBNJ Working Group
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4th Meeting of the BBNJ Working Group
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5th Meeting of the BBNJ Working Group
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9th Meeting of the BBNJ Working Group
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1st Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
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2nd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
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3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
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4th Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
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1st Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyo...
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2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)
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3rd Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
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Intersessional Work of the BBNJ Intergovernmental Conference
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4th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ
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5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ
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Resumed 5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on BBNJ
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Further resumed 5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on BBNJ
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