Highlights for Monday, 23 July 2018
Dr Diva Amon, Trinidad and Tobago, inaugural recipient of the Secretary-General’s Award for Excellence in Deep Sea Research; and Mariusz Orion Jędrysek (left), Assembly President; and Michael Lodge (right), ISA Secretary-General, during the award
On Monday, 23 July, the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) opened and discussed:
the possible development of guidelines on observers; and
the report of the President of the Council.
In the afternoon, the Assembly heard the report of the ISA Secretary-General and witnessed the award of the inaugural Secretary-General’s Award for Excellence in Deep-sea Research.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: Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; Eugénio João Muianga, outgoing Assembly President; and Yongsheng Cai, ISA Secretariat, during a minute of silence
Vladimir Vinokurov, Russian Federation
Eugénio João Muianga, outgoing Assembly President
Eugénio João Muianga (right), outgoing Assembly President congratulates Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, incoming Assembly President
Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session
Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, Assembly President
Kristina Gjerde, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Dr Diva Amon, Trinidad and Tobago, addresses delegates after receiving the Award for Excellence in Deep Sea Research.
Guy Sevrin, Belgium
Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil
Delegates from Saudi Arabia consult informally
Duncan Currie, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Yoshihisa Shirayama, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Malakai Finau, Fiji
Lorena Donoso, Ecuador
Delegates during Monday’s proceedings
John Fintakpa Lamega, Togo
Alexis Eduardo Sandoval Cajar, Panama
Jeemer Lippwe, Micronesia
Saiba Sylla and Selle Mbengue, Senegal
Barbara Haley, Guyana
Fitzgerald Jeffrey, Trinidad and Tobago
Delegates from Ghana confer
Holly Matley and David Yardley, Australia
Mohammed Atlassi, Morocco; and Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General
Peter Espeut, Holy See; and Conn Nugent, Pew Charitable Trusts
The African Group meets at the end of the meeting
Urs Daniel Engels, Germany; and Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Kenneth Wong, Canada; Cristóbal Hernández Castillo, Chile; and Laura Gavinelli, Italy
Delegates during a break
The Jamaican delegation in discussions with Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General
The Nigerian delegation consult informally
Nicole de Paula, ENB; and Dr Diva Amon, Trinidad and Tobago
Didier Ortolland, France; and Jean-Christophe Vandevelde, ENB
L-R: Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, Assembly President; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session; and Yongsheng Cai, ISA Secretariat
The delegation from the Republic of Korea
Around the Venue
