Events
UNCLOS at 30
A panel discussion to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, followed by a question-and-answer period
Conference room 1, North Lawn Building
United Nations, New York
Friday, 8 June 2012, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.:
- Welcoming remarks by the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
- Moderator
H.E. Mr. Raymond Wolfe, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations - Opening Remarks
Ms. Patricia O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, the Legal Counsel - Statement
Dr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation of Japan The importance of human capacity in the implementation of the Convention - Panellists:
- H.E. Mr. Shunji Yanai, President, International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea
- H.E. Mr. Nii Odunton, Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority
- Mr. Galo Carrera, Chairperson, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
- Closing Remarks
H.E. Ms. Isabelle F. Picco, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Principality of Monaco to the United Nations
The Empire State Building will be lit on the evening of 8 June for World Oceans Day in white, blue and purple, representing the different layers of the ocean. White at the top represents the shallowest, sunlit waters and also the polar ice cap. The blue represents the slightly deeper ocean waters, and the purple even deeper waters in the ocean. The unlit portions, or black, represent those parts of the ocean where the sun does not reach. The overall representation covers all aspects, and all parts, of the ocean, not just the surface that we can see.
For further information please contact Marco Boccia at boccia@un.org
