Highlights for Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Delegates from the Republic of Korea in informal consultations
On Wednesday, 18 July, the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) continued discussing the draft exploitation regulations, part by part, as well as focusing on matters requiring the Council’s direction that were identified by the Legal and Technical Commission (LTC). Discussions focused on:
the overall balance of contractors’ rights and obligations;
the balance between certainty and flexibility;
the balance of authority among ISA organs;
protection of the marine environment; and
confidentiality of information.
For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital web coverage and daily reports in English and French from ISA-24. In addition, IISD Reporting Services, will publish a summary and analysis report from ISA-24 on Sunday, 29 July 2018.
Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera
Delegates during Wednesday’s proceedings
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
Duncan Currie, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Mahe ‘Uli’uli Sandhurst Tupouniua, Tonga
Philomène Verlaan, Sargasso Sea Commission
Sergio Hernàndez Núñez, Chile
Alexey Orel, Russian Federation
Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil
David Yardley, Australia
Graham Evans, International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
Ma Xinmin, China
Conn Nugent, Pew Charitable Trusts
Kamila Mianowicz, Poland
Jihyun Lee, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Didier Ortolland, France
Kathy Ann Brown, Jamaica
Sellé Mbengue, Senegal
Luke Tang, Singapore
Ingo Narberhaus, Germany
Kate Neilson, New Zealand
Graham Leung, Nauru
Matthew Gianni, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Kate Neilson and Jonathan Muliaga, New Zealand
Amy Gartman, US Geological Survey, and Carsten Rühlemann, Germany
Delegates share a laugh before the morning session
Conn Nugent, Pew Charitable Trusts, consults with Olav Myklebust, Council President for the 24th Session
Tommo Monthe, Cameroon, and Tidiani Couma, Monaco
Jean-Christophe Vandevelde, ENB, and Duncan Currie, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
The Chinese delegation at ISA-24
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