Summary
Highlights for Thursday, 26 July 2018
Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, Assembly President, gavels the meeting to a close.
On Thursday, 26 July, the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), adopted:
The Assembly also filled the vacancies on the Council for a four-year period. President Jędrysek drew the meeting to a close at 3:45pm.ENB Summary and Analysis: The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of the 2nd Part of the 24th Session of the International Seabed Authority will be available on Sunday, 29 July 2018 on this website.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital web coverage and daily reports in English and French from ISA-24.
Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera
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Delegates discuss the 2019-2023 ISA Strategic Plan
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Maruthadu Sudhakar, India
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Linlin Li, China
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Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
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Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General
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Ariel Fernández, Argentina
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Philomène Verlaan, Sargasso Sea Commission
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Tomasz Grysa, Holy See
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Michelle Walker, Jamaica
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Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil
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Vladimir Vinokurov and Alexey Orel, Russian Federation
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Duncan Currie, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
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Urs Daniel Engels, Chair of the Credentials Committee
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Patrik Schotte, Belgium; Tom de Wachter, Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR); Daniele Bosio, Italy; and Kenneth Wong, Canada
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Wini Broadbelt (left), the Netherlands, in discussions with Elisa Morgera, ENB
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L-R: Luke Tang, Singapore; Tomoko Tauchi, Mitsuru Kayama and Tetsuya Yoshimoto, Japan
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L-R: Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, Assembly President; Alexey Orel and Vladimir Vinokurov, Russian Federation
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Representatives from the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) discuss amendments to the 2019-2023 ISA Strategic Plan.
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Kate Neilson, New Zealand; and Amadou Jaiteh, The Gambia
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Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway; and Tom Diederen, the Netherlands
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L-R: Josh Mitchell, Cook Islands; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; and Michael Henry, Cook Islands
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The Nigerian delegation
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Ernesto Malda, Mexico; and Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil
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Group photo of delegates at the end of the meeting
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Delegates from the Pacific Islands
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Tom Diederen, Wini Broadbelt, and Laurens de Jonge, the Netherlands
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The delegation from Tonga with Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General
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Representatives from the Caribbean at the end of ISA-24
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Gaowen He and Zhuo Xiaojun, China
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Xiao Wang and Mara Wendebourg, ISA Secretariat
Around the Venue
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L-R: Diego Noguera, Lynn Finnegan, Elisa Morgera, ENB; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; Nicole de Paula, ENB; Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; and Jean-Christophe Vandevelde, ENB