Full texts of contributions from United Nations agencies, programmes and bodies, as well as other intergovernmental organizations to the report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea to the seventy-second session of the General Assembly

Last updated 06 March 2017

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Contributions to the first part of the report

  1. Azerbaijan
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Indonesia
  4. Monaco
  5. Namibia
  6. New Zealand
  7. Republic of Korea
  8. United States of America
  9. European Union
  10. Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission) including an Executive Summary
  11. Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
  12. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  13. Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat (DESA)
  14. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  15. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO)
  16. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  17. International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) (English) | French
  18. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  19. International Seabed Authority (ISA)
  20. Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) including an Executive Summary
  21. North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO)
  22. North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
  23. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) including an Executive Summary (Russian) | English
  24. Pacific Community (SPC)
  25. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
  26. United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) (Full version) including an Executive Summary
  27. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  28. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  29. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  30. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  31. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
  32. United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
  33. World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Contributions to the second part of the report

  1. Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS)
  2. Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
  3. Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission –Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)
  4. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  5. Oslo and Paris Conventions for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR)
  6. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
  7. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
  8. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  9. World Meteorological Organization (WMO)