Summary
On Thursday, 8 September, delegates to the second session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom 2) on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) 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 in the informal working group on cross-cutting issues, facilitated by Chair Charles, throughout the day.
The informal working group considered: principles, including common heritage of mankind, high seas freedoms, and common but differentiated responsibilities; the ILBI scope; definitions; relationships of the ILBI with UNCLOS and other existing agreements; institutional arrangements; and state responsibility and liability.
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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Alice Revell and John Adank, New Zealand
Natalie Morris-Sharma, Singapore, and Evan Bloom, US
Lucía Raffin, Argentina
Alistair Graham, Australia
Maruthadu Sudhakar, India
Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea
Matthías Pálsson, Iceland
Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, IUCN
Cary Scott-Kemmis, Australia
Florian Botto, Monaco
Christoph Reusser, Switzerland
Gina Guillén-Grillo, Costa Rica
Veronica Frank, Greenpeace
Konrad Marciniak, Poland
Agustín Fornell, Ecuador
Jean Kenfack, Cameroon
Matthías Pálsson, Iceland, with Tallash Kantai, IISD Reporting Services
Maria Pilikou, Cyprus
Wini Broadbelt and Sidney Kemble, the Netherlands
Anna Knyazeva, Russian Federation
John Brincat, EU
Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico
Rena Lee, Singapore
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Prim Masrinuan, Thailand for the Group of 77 and China
Ignacio Cazaña, Paraguay
Momtaz Djamchid, Iran