Oceans and Law of the Sea

Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to
study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological
diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

Updated 21 May 2012

    The fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction will take place from 7 to 11 May 2012, in New York, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 66/231 of 24 December 2011, paragraph 168.

    The meeting will be presided over by two Co-Chairs, His Excellency Mr. Palitha T. B. Kohona, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and Ms. Liesbeth Lijnzaad, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who were appointed by the President of the General Assembly in consultation with Member States, taking into account the need for representation from developed and developing countries.


Invitations
    Invitations to the meeting were sent in February 2012.


Working documents
    The draft agenda, draft format and annotated provisional agenda and organization of work, as well as information for participants will be posted on this website in due course.



Side events
    A list of confirmed side events can be found here (updated as of 3 May).


Information for Participants
    Information for participants can be found here.
    The list of participants can be found here.

Documents

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Documents for the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group

Year/General Assembly session

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2012

A/AC. 276/L.8  Draft format and annotated provisional agenda and organization of work

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2011

A/AC. 276/L.6  Draft format and annotated provisional agenda and organization of work

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2011

A/AC. 276/4  Agenda

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2010

A/AC. 276/L.4  Draft format and draft annotated provisional agenda and organization of work

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2010

A/AC. 276/3   Agenda

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2008

A/AC. 276/L.2  Draft Format and Draft Annotated Provisional Agenda and Organization of Work

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2008

A/AC. 276/2  Agenda

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2008

A/AC. 276/1  Biodiversity, species range and gene flow in the abyssal Pacific nodule province: predicting and managing the impacts of deep seabed mining - Report of the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (previously issued under the symbol ISBA/14/C/2).

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Outcomes of the meetings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group

Year/General Assembly session

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2011/66th session

A/66/119  Letter dated 30 June 2011 from the Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to the President of the General Assembly

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2010/65th session

A/65/68 - Letter dated 16 March 2010 from the Co-Chairpersons of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to the President of the General Assembly

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2008/63rd session

A/63/79 - Letter dated 15 May 2008 from the Co-Chairpersons of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction addressed to the President of the General Assembly

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2006/61st session

A/61/65 - Report of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

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Reports of the Secretary-General

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2011/66th session A/66/70 English Français Español
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2009/64th session A/64/66/Add.2 English Français Español
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2007/62nd session

A/62/66/Add.2

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2005/60th session

A/60/63/Add.1 (conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity)

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