Summary
Highlights for Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; Pearnel Charles, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; and Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, Assembly President
On Tuesday, 24 July, the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) discussed the report of the ISA Secretary-General, with statements focusing 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

L-R: Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; Pearnel Charles, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica; Kathy Ann Brown, Jamaica; and Raquel Hudson, Minister’s Assistant

Pearnel Charles, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica

Amb. Hiromasa Yamazaki, Japan

Amb. Tian Qi, China

Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group

The Chilean delegation in discussion

Kate Neilson, New Zealand

Tidiani Couma, Monaco

Bashar Almowaizri, Kuwait; and Amb. Malek Twal, Jordan

Tano Koffi Bertin, Côte d’Ivoire

Kathy Ann Brown, Jamaica, in a discussion with Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil

Burhan Gafoor, Singapore

Graham Leung, Nauru

Tommo Monthe, Cameroon; and Jean-Michel Despax, France

Daniele Bosio, Italy

Lowri Mai Griffiths, United Kingdom (UK)

The delegation from Ecuador during informal consultations

Sabita Nakarmi, Nepal

Hau Do Suan, Myanmar

Jeannette Mwangi, Kenya

Tomasz Grysa, Holy See

Alice Hicuburundi, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS)

Philomène Verlaan and Lindsey Harris, Sargasso Sea Commission

Jeemer Lippwe, Micronesia; and Juan José González Mijares, Mexico

Tetsuya Yoshimoto, Amb. Hiromasa Yamazaki, and Shinichi Yamanaka, Japan

Delegates from South Africa consult the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Fitzgerald Jeffrey and Dr Diva Amon, Trinidad and Tobago

Amadou Jaiteh, The Gambia; and Mohammed Atlassi, Morocco

Esther Salamanca Aguado and Carlos García Soto, Spain

Tom Diederen, Wini Broadbelt, and Laurens de Jonge, the Netherlands

L-R: Patrik Schotte, Guy Sevrin and Wendy Bonne, Belgium

L-R: Apete Soro and Malakai Finau, Fiji; Adi Talanaivini Mafi, Tonga; Dr Diva Amon, Trinidad and Tobago; and Epeli Maisema, Fiji
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