Summary
On Wednesday, 31 August, the second session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom 2) on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) met briefly in plenary in the morning.
The informal working group on environmental impact assessment (EIA) also met in the morning, to continue a discussion of EIA governance and exchange views on strategic environmental assessment. The informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer met for the rest of the day, to consider principles and approaches, as well as specific proposals.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report in English and French from the 2nd Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 “Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.”
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Evan Bloom, US, and Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Driss Meski, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, and Mohamed Atlassi, Morocco
Rishy Bukoree, Mauritius
Alice Revell, New Zealand
Martin Zvachula, Federated States of Micronesia
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Charlotte Salpin, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS), and Chair Eden Charles, Trinidad and Tobago
Zakieh Taghizadeh and Momtaz Djamchid, Iran
Rena Lee (Singapore), Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer of marine technology
Tidiani Couma, Monaco, and Kimo Goree, Vice-President, IISD
Gina Guillén-Grillo, Costa Rica
Lizanne Aching, Trinidad and Tobago
Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS
Thembile Joyini, South Africa
Catherine Boucher, Canada
Wini Broadbelt, EU
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria
Marcia Rochina, Ecuador
Prim Masrinuan, Thailand for the Group of 77 and China
James Ndirangu Waweru, Kenya
Chair Eden Charles, Trinidad and Tobago, with Janine Coye-Felson, Belize
Jung So-hyun, Republic of Korea
Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados
Christopher Katota, Zambia
Xinmin Ma, China
Ismail Raushan, Maldives
Fred Sarufa, Papua New Guinea
Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea
Despina Boubalos, Greece, and Sofia Tsenikli, Greenpeace
Wini Broadbelt and René Lefeber, the Netherlands
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, with the delegation of Monaco
Exhibitions inside the UN Headquarters: SDGs
