Summary
On Wednesday, 16 August, the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority met throughout the day to hear further statements on the Secretary-General’s annual report, and consider the final report of the first periodic review of the ISA, focusing on: a revised meeting schedule, a strategic plan for the ISA, environmental issues, and data management.
In the evening, the Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority hosted a reception.
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Flags of ISA member states
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; Chris Brown, ISA Secretariat; Katarina Hovden, ISA Secretariat; and Helmut Tuerk, Austria, Review Committee Chair
Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica
Eugénio João Muianga, Mozambique, Assembly President
Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General
Helmut Tuerk, Austria, Review Committee Chair
View of the ISA Assembly in session
Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica
L-R: Eduardo Bonilla and Sergio Hernàndez Núñez, Chile
Guy Sevrin, Belgium
Ye Mìnn Thein, Myanmar
Manuel Ferrão, Mozambique
Kristian Jervell, Norway
Sheila Sealy Monteith, Jamaica
Karen Tan, Singapore
Jean-Michel Despax, France
Gaia Puleston, Australia
Maruthadu Sudhakar, India
Carlos Alberto Michaelsen Den Hartog, Brazil, speaking on behalf of GRULAC
Kate Neilson, New Zealand
René Lefeber, the Netherlands
Jerome Dyment, InterRidge
Julia Xue, Center for Polar and Deep Ocean Development
Matthew Gianni, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Delegates from China consulting
L-R: Karen Tan, Singapore; Shorna-Kay Richards, Jamaica; and Rena Lee, Singapore
L-R: Shorna-Kay Richards, Jamaica, with Mohammed Atlassi, Morocco
Photos from the reception hosted by the Secretary-General of the ISA
