Summary
On Friday, 31 March, delegates to the third session of the Preparatory Committee on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) convened in the informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer throughout the day. Discussions focused on: scope, principles and modalities of capacity building and technology transfer; links with other elements of a new legally binding instrument; intellectual property rights; a clearinghouse mechanism; funding; and monitoring and review.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 3rd 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.” Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.
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Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer
of marine technology
Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, on behalf of the G-77/China
Ismail Raushan Zahir, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)
Marc Richir, EU
Christopher Katota, Zambia, on behalf of Landlocked Developing Countries
Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
Dhisadee Chamlongrasdr, Thailand
Thembile Joyini, South Africa
Christoph Reusser, Switzerland
Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga
Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Hina Saeed Baig, Pakistan
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Linlin Li, China
Cristóbal Hernández Castillo, Chile
Michael Lodge, Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority (ISA), delivering his intervention
Yolannie Cerrato, Honduras
Kate Neilson, New Zealand
Siai Taylor, Cook Islands
Carlos Garcia Reyes, Guatemala
Duncan Currie, Greenpeace International
Michael Lodge, Secretary-General, ISA
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer
of marine technology; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; Vita Onwuasoanya, UNDOALOS; and Angela Chung, UNDOALOS
Thembile Joyini, South Africa, consulting with Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria
Michael Googan, Australia, in conversation with delegates from Norway
Delegates from GRULAC in informal consultations