Summary
On Thursday, 13 July, the informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer continued discussions in the morning, focusing on: objectives, principles, modalities, clearinghouse mechanism, funding, monitoring and review, and definitions.
The informal working group on crosscutting issues, facilitated by Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil, focused on: institutional arrangements, including a decision-making forum, a scientific/technical body, a clearinghouse, a financial mechanism, dispute settlement, responsibility and liability, and review; and the preamble of an international legally binding instrument.
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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
Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Sabita Nakarmi, Nepal
Faiyaz Murshid Kazi, Bangladesh
Marc Richir, EU
Carlos García Reyes, Guatemala
Saifu George, Sierra Leone
Jorge Dotta, Uruguay
Vladimir Ryabinin, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States
Riena Dwi Astuty, Indonesia
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Ismail Raushan, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Dhisadee Chamlongrasdr, Thailand
James Ndirangu Waweru, Kenya
Rogelio Villanueva Jr., the Philippines
Mohamed Atlassi, Morocco
Audrey Naana Abayena, Ghana
Tatiana Shuvalova, Russian Federation
Luke Tang, Singapore
Jean Kenfack, Cameroon
Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga
Alain Tellier, Canada
Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico
Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Estrella Tulay, the Philippines
Landisang Kotaro, Palau
Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil, facilitating the informal working group on crosscutting issues
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Barbara Boechat, Brazil; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS; and Michele Ameri, UNDOALOS
Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland
Zakieh Taghizadeh, Iran
Metod Špaček, EU
Duncan Currie, Greenpeace
Evan Bloom, US
Oleg Rykov, Russian Federation
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
Aboubacar Oulare, Guinea
Florian Botto, Monaco
L-R: Zentaro Naganuma, Japan, in a conversation with Matthías Pálsson, Iceland
Delegates from the Caribbean Community
Delegates from Germany