Daily schedule - 28 March 2016

28 March 2016

Friday, 25 March is an official UN Holiday

9:30 a.m. Press briefing sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica on the occasion of the First Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the development of an international legally binding instrument under The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdictions (BBNJ). Speakers will be: H.E. Ambassador Eden Charles, Chargé d´affaires, Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations and Chair of the Preparatory Committee; H.E. Ambassador Rolando Castro, Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations; Mr. Alejandro Alday, Legal Counsel of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; and Ms. Elizabeth Wilson, Director, International Ocean Policy, The Pew Charitable Trusts
   
12:00 p.m. Spokesman's Noon Briefing.
   
  Attendance at press conferences is limited to accredited journalists. Press attachés may attend a press conference sponsored by their mission.