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UN DOALOS Tenth Session of the Open-ended
Informal Consultative Process
on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

UN Headquarters, New York | 17-19 June 2009
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Consultative Process Review Reaches Midpoint

The tenth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (Consultative Process or ICP) reconvened Thursday in a discussion panel on the implementation of the outcomes of the Consultative Process, including a review of its achievements and shortcomings in its first nine meetings. In the morning, presentations were made and a discussion was held on outcomes of the consultative process and their implementation. Delegates then reconvened in plenary for a general exchange of views on the implementation of the outcomes of the Consultative Process. In the afternoon, plenary resumed and participants discussed ICP's format and methods of work.

Above: Kathleen Abdalla, UN-DESA, chatted with DOALOS Director Serguei Tarassenko before the day's session.


Thursday, 18 June
Panel Discussion: Implementation of Outcomes

Matthew Gianni, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.

Sebastian Mathew, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers.

Erik Lindfors, Sweden, for the EU.

Lawrence Awosika, GESAMP.

Emma Sarne, the Philippines.

Katy Lin, Australia.

Olajide Adeleke Ayinla, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research.

Andrew Hudson, Deputy Coordinator, UN-Oceans.

Napoleon Smith, Panama.
Exchange of Views

Praulai Nootmorn, Thailand.

Justin Seruhere, Tanzania.

Farah Obaidullah, Greenpeace.

Yoshinobu Takei, Ocean Policy Research Foundation.

Marsha Green, International Ocean Noise Coalition.
Discussion: Format and Methods of Work

Maria Teresa Mesquita Pessôa, Brazil.

Fernanda Millicay, Argentina.

Neeru Chadha, India.

Sainivalati Navoti, Fiji.

Dire Tladi, South Africa.
Side Event

At lunchtime, the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands organized a side event on climates, oceans and security, "The Importance of Strengthening the Link between Climate and Oceans, Coasts and Islands in the Climate Negotiations."
Around ICP-10

One participant's bright yellow umbrella brought a bit of color to a gray rainy day.

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UNICPOLOS Site.
UN Division for Oceans Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS).

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