Statements for the twenty-first meeting of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

 

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First plenary meeting

(Monday, 14 June 2021, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)

Item 1. Opening of the twenty-first meeting

Opening Statements

  1. Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel (English)
  2. Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (English)
  3. Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu – High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (English)

Item 3. General exchange of views

Member States

  1. Australia(English)
  2. Chile(Spanish)
  3. Bangladesh(English)
  4. Brazil(English)
  5. Ecuador(Spanish)
  6. Iceland(English)
  7. Japan(English)
  8. Micronesia (Federated States of)(English)
  9. Morocco(French)
  10. New Zealand(English)
  11. Norway(English)
  12. Papua New Guinea(English)
  13. Philippines(English)
  14. Portugal(English)
  15. Republic of Korea(English)
  16. Singapore(English)
  17. Tonga(English)
  18. Türkiye(English)
  19. United States of America (English)
  20. Viet Nam(English)

Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

  1. European Union(English)

Non-governmental Organizations

  1. OceanCare(English)
  2. International Cable Protection Committee (English)

Second plenary meeting

(Friday, 18 June 2021, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.))

Item 4. Inter-agency cooperation and coordination
  • Statement on the work of UN-Oceans by the UN-Oceans Focal point(English)

Item 5. Process for the selection of topics and panellists so as to facilitate the work of the General Assembly


Item 6. Issues that could benefit from attention in the future work of the General Assembly on oceans and the law of the sea

Item 7. Consideration of the outcome of the meeting


Closing

  • Statement by the Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the law of the Sea on the status of the Voluntary trust fund for the purpose of assisting developing countries, in particular least developed, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing States in attending the meetings of the Informal Consultative Process on oceans and the law of the sea(English)