Resumed fifth session

Oral reports and informal documents

Oral reports of the Facilitators

2 March 2023

• Area-based management tools, including marine protected areas

• Environmental impact assessments

• Capacity-building and the transfer of marine technology

• Cross-cutting issues

  • Institutional Arrangements

  • Implementation and Compliance, and Dispute Settlement

1 March 2023

• Area-based management tools, including marine protected areas

• Capacity-building and the transfer of marine technology

• Cross-cutting issues

  • General provisions

  • Implementation and Compliance, and Dispute Settlement

• President's consultations

28 February 2023

• Marine genetic resources, including questions on the question of benefits

• Environmental impact assessments

• Cross-cutting issues

  • Final provisions

27 February 2023

• Marine genetic resources, including questions on the question of benefits

• Area-based management tools, including marine protected areas

• Environmental impact assessments

• Capacity-building and the transfer of marine technology

• Cross-cutting issues

  • General provisions

  • Implementation and Compliance, and Dispute Settlement

24 February 2023

• Area-based management tools, including marine protected areas

• Environmental impact assessments

• Cross-cutting issues - General provisions

23 February 2023

• Area-based management tools, including marine protected areas

• Environmental impact assessments

• Cross-cutting issues

  • Institutional Arrangements

  • Funding

22 February 2023

• Marine genetic resources, including questions on the question of benefits

• Area-based management tools, including marine protected areas

• Environmental impact assessments

• Capacity-building and the transfer of marine technology

• Cross-cutting issues

  • General provisions

  • Institutional Arrangements

  • Implementation and Compliance, Dispute Settlement

Communications and other documents

Revised tentative timeline for the open-ended informal working group on technical edits and language harmonization (30 March 2023).

Letter from Mrs. Rena Lee, President of the Conference, dated 27 March 2023PDF.

Tentative timeline for the open-ended informal working group on technical edits and language harmonization (27 March 2023).

Conference room papers

• A/CONF.232/2023/CRP.2/Rev.2: Draft agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (14 April 2023) (EnglishPDFPDF-WordWord documen)

• A/CONF.232/2023/CRP.2/Rev.1: Draft agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (14 April 2023) (ArabicPDFPDF-WordWord document) (ChinesePDFPDF-Word Word documen) (EnglishPDFPDF-WordWord documen) (FrenchPDFPDF-WordWord document) (RussianPDFPDF-WordWord document) (Spanish PDFPDF-WordWord document)

• A/CONF.232/2023/CRP.2 - Draft agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (27 March 2023) (English PDFPDF-WordWord document)

• A/CONF.232/2023/CRP.1 - Updated draft text of an agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction as of 25 February 2023 [Word version and PDF version]

• A/CONF.232/2023/CRP.1/Add.1 - Updated draft text of an agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction as of 25 February 2023 (track changes) [Word version and PDF version]

Informal documents - first part of fifth session