Summary
On Tuesday, 15 August, the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) addressed outstanding administrative matters and considered the annual report of the ISA Secretary General, focusing on: the draft exploitation regulations, cooperation of the ISA with other international bodies, financial issues, capacity building, legal and administrative matters, and transparency.
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 23rd Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
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L-R: Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; Christine Griffiths, ISA Secretariat; Eugénio João Muianga, Mozambique, Assembly President; and Chris Brown, ISA Secretariat
Eugénio João Muianga, Mozambique, Assembly President
Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General
Chris Brown, ISA Secretariat
A view of the ISA Assembly in session
Delegates at the ISA Assembly
Catherine Nyakoe, Kenya
Karen Tan, Singapore
Sala Tagicakibau, Fiji
Ana Marie Hernando, the Philippines
Anne Chantal Nama, Cameroon
Cecilia Jaber, Mexico
Francis Marwan, Lebanon
Masanori Nakano, Japan
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
Kenneth Wong, Canada
Tope Elias-Fatile, Nigeria
Graham Leung, Nauru
Qingbao Niu, China
Dwight Gardiner, Antigua and Barbuda
Solomon Korbieh, Ghana
Paul Lynch, Cook Islands
Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga
John Fintakpa Lamega, Togo
Mohammed Atlassi, Morocco
Chris Goldblatt, Fish Reef Project
Duncan Currie, Greenpeace
Michael Shewchuk, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
L-R: Gavin Watson and Lowri Mai Griffiths, UK
Delegates from Singapore
Delegates from South Africa
Participants from China