Summary
Highlights for Friday, 20 July 2018
L-R: Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session; Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; and Gwénaëlle Le Gurun, ISA Secretariat, at the end of the Council meeting
On Friday, 20 July, the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) discussed:
The Council adopted a decision on the report of the Legal and Technical Commission (LTC) and President Myklebust drew the meeting to a close at 5:50pm.
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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Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session, gavels the Council meeting to a close
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The Council during Friday’s proceedings
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Kathy Ann Brown, Jamaica
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Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, Poland
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Juan José González Mijares, Mexico
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Thembile Joyini, South Africa
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Informal consultations on the Council decision on the report of the Legal and Technical Commission
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Ibrahim Zanna, Nigeria
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Frida Armas-Pfirter, Argentina
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Delegates from Singapore in consultations
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Rima Browne, Paul Lynch, and Petero Okotai, Cook Islands
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Juan José González Mijares and Karla Jones Anaya, Mexico
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Kathy Ann Brown and Coy Roache, Jamaica; and Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil
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Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session, Rena Lee and Burhan Gafoor, Singapore
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Rose Kautoke and Rennie Vaiomounga, Tonga
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David Yardley, Australia, and Kate Neilson, New Zealand
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Wendy Bonne, Belgium, and Matthew Gianni, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
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Duncan Currie, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition; Greg O’Brien and Jeffrey Reidenauer, US
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Megan Jungwiwattanaporn, Pew Charitable Trusts; Maya Breitburg-Smith and Paul de Morgan, RESOLVE
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Holly Matley, Australia; and Didier Ortolland, France
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Didier Ortolland, France; Christian Reichert, Germany; and Russell Howorth, Fiji
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Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria; and Pat Piotr Czepulonis, Poland
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Peter Jantzen, Blue Minerals Ltd; and Anne Sophie Vinther Hansen, Maersk Supply Service
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Jean-Christophe Vandevelde, ENB; and Alexey Orel, Russian Federation
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The delegation from Chile
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The delegation from Nigeria
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Rogério Gonçalves and Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil
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The German delegation
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Tini Duburiya and Graham Leung, Nauru
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Kirsty McQuaid, Plymouth University, and Annekah Mason, ISA Secretariat
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Marzia Rovere and Arianna Cofini, Italy
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The African Group at the end of the meeting
Around the Venue
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