Summary
On Thursday, 1 September, the informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer met in the morning to continue discussions on technology transfer, institutional arrangements and funding.
The plenary reconvened for the rest of the day to discuss possible areas of convergence and areas for further discussion based on the report from the informal working group on marine genetic resources, including benefit-sharing.
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Vita Onwuasoanya, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS), and Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS
Zakieh Taghizadeh and Momtaz Djamchid, Iran
Lucía Raffin, Argentina
Evan Bloom, US
Prim Masrinuan, Thailand for the Group of 77 and China
Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Angel Horna, Peru
Rishy Bukoree, Mauritius
Carlos Sobral Duarte (Brazil), Facilitator of the informal working group on marine genetic resources
From L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Rena Lee (Singapore), Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer of marine technology; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Vita Onwuasoanya, UNDOALOS
Josh Mitchell, Cook Islands
Diedre Mills, Jamaica
Stefán Ásmundsson, North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission, and Driss Meski, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
Participants consulting
Chair Eden Charles, Trinidad and Tobago
Matthías Pálsson, Iceland
Anca Leroy, EU
Sidney Kemble, the Netherlands, with Gina Guillén-Grillo, Costa Rica
Sonoko Ichimura, and Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Participants networking during the lunch break
John Brincat, EU, and Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Margo Deiye, Nauru
Carmen Mifsud, Malta
Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
From L-R: Joelle Casanova, Tidiani Couma and Florian Botto, Monaco
Exhibitions inside the UN Headquarters: Refugees
