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First plenary meeting

(Monday, 6 June 2022, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.)

Item 1. Opening of the twenty-second meeting

Opening Statements

1. Mr. Vladimir Jares, Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, on behalf of Mr. 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)

Item 3. General exchange of views

Member States

1. Argentina (Spanish)
2. Chile (Spanish)
3. El Salvador (Spanish)
4. Norway (English)
5. Philippines (English)
6. Portugal (English)*
7. United States of America (English)
8. Viet Nam (English)*

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

1. European Union (English)

* Not delivered during meeting

Second plenary meeting

(Thursday, 9 June 2022, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.)

Item 4. Inter-agency cooperation and coordination

• Statement on the work of UN-Oceans by the UN-Oceans Focal point (English)

Third plenary meeting

(Friday, 10 June 2022, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.)

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

(Coming soon)

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

(Coming soon)