Summary
Highlights for Thursday, 19 July 2018
Delegates at Thursday’s Council meeting
On Thursday, 19 July, the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) discussed:
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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Michelle Walker, Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission (LTC)
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Olav Myklebust, Norway, Council President for the 24th Session
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Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil
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Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
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Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General, and Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General
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David Yardley, Australia
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L-R: Tom Diederen, Wini Broadbelt, and Martijn Peijs, the Netherlands
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Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
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Mohammed Atlassi, Morocco
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Kate Neilson, New Zealand
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Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
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Ernesto Malda and Karla Jones Anaya, Mexico
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Ariel Fernández, Argentina
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Maruthadu Sudhakar, India
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Tommo Monthe, Cameroon
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Kenneth Wong, Canada
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Jung-Eun Kim and Young Lee, Republic of Korea
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Mahe ‘Uli’uli Sandhurst Tupouniua, Tonga
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Kathy Ann Brown, Jamaica
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Marzia Rovere, Italy
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Malakai Finau, Fiji
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Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session; Gwénaëlle Le Gurun, ISA Secretariat; Andrzej Przybycin, Chair of the Finance Committee; and Jean-Louis Thouvenin, ISA Secretariat
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Ma Xinmin, China
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Andrzej Przybycin, Chair of the Finance Committee
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Paul Lynch, Cook Islands
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Kristina Gjerde, IUCN
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Gavin Watson, United Kingdom (UK)
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Urs Daniel Engels, Germany
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Conn Nugent, Pew Charitable Trusts
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Jihyun Lee, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
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Matthew Gianni, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
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Anna Metaxas, Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)
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Delegates during Thursday’s proceedings
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Delegates share a laugh before the morning session
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Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session; and Gwénaëlle Le Gurun, ISA Secretariat, at the end of the session
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Delegates from Germany and France during informal consultations
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Delegates from Nigeria consult at the end of the meeting
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The Japanese delegation at ISA-24
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Representatives from the Pacific Islands
Around the Venue
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