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

Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session

Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General

Ma Xinmin and Liu Feng, China

Michelle Walker, Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission (LTC)

Malakai Finau, Fiji

Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group

Tommo Monthe, Cameroon

Kathy Ann Brown, Jamaica

Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway

Didier Ortolland, France

Urs Daniel Engels, Germany

Tetsuya Yoshimoto, Japan

David Yardley, Australia

Tom Diederen, the Netherlands

M. Rajeevan, India

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Holy See

Piotr Nowak, Poland

Guy Sevrin, Belgium

Conn Nugent, Pew Charitable Trusts

Duncan Currie, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

Cristóbal Hernández Castillo and Sergio Hernàndez Núñez, Chile

Kenneth Wong, Canada

Gavin Watson, United Kingdom (UK)

Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh

Tidiani Couma, Monaco

Marzia Rovere and Arianna Cofini, Italy

Delegates from Senegal during the Council meeting

Delegates from Chile discuss informally

Kenneth Wong, Canada; Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh; and Lynn Finnegan, ENB

Delegates before the morning session

Sergio Hernàndez Núñez, Chile, and Nicole de Paula, ENB

Steve Persall, UK Seabed Resources, and Kirsty McQuaid, Plymouth University

Delegates from Japan

Delegates share a laugh before the afternoon session
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