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Daily report for 4 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
Highlights and images for 3 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
On Monday, 3 April, delegates to the third session of the Preparatory Committee on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) convened in the informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer (CB&TT) in the morning. The informal working group on cross-cutting issues, facilitated by Chair Sobral Duarte, met for the rest of the day, addressing the scope of a new legally binding instrument, its relationship with other instruments and its possible institutional arrangements.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 “Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument 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.” Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.
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L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer
of marine technology; and Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS
Peter Haugan, Chair of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Shara Duncan, Costa Rica
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)
Lucía Raffin, Argentina
Carl Grainger, EU
Angel Horna, Peru
Evan Bloom, US
Takehiro Nakamura, UN Environment
Kristina Gjerde, IUCN
Blaise Kuemlangan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Alain Tellier, Canada
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Rogelio Villanueva Jr., the Philippines
Peni Suveinakama, Fiji
Diedre Mills, Jamaica
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte
Salpin, UNDOALOS
Efraín Baus Palacios, Ecuador, for the G-77/China
Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico
Djamchid Momtaz, Iran
Ramalingam Kirubagaran, India
Larisa Chernysheva, Russian Federation
Daniela Diz, WWF
Delegates from Spain consulting
Leonito Bacalando Jr., Federated States of Micronesia, consulting with the Philippines
L-R: John Brincat, EU; Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico;
and
Gina Guillén-Grillo, Costa Rica
L-R: Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation, in conversation with Evan Bloom, US
Delegates from the Philippines
Highlights and images for 31 March 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
On Friday, 31 March, delegates to the third session of the Preparatory Committee on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) convened in the informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer throughout the day. Discussions focused on: scope, principles and modalities of capacity building and technology transfer; links with other elements of a new legally binding instrument; intellectual property rights; a clearinghouse mechanism; funding; and monitoring and review.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 “Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument 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.” Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.
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Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer
of marine technology
Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, on behalf of the G-77/China
Ismail Raushan Zahir, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)
Marc Richir, EU
Christopher Katota, Zambia, on behalf of Landlocked Developing Countries
Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
Dhisadee Chamlongrasdr, Thailand
Thembile Joyini, South Africa
Christoph Reusser, Switzerland
Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga
Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Hina Saeed Baig, Pakistan
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Linlin Li, China
Cristóbal Hernández Castillo, Chile
Michael Lodge, Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority (ISA), delivering his intervention
Yolannie Cerrato, Honduras
Kate Neilson, New Zealand
Siai Taylor, Cook Islands
Carlos Garcia Reyes, Guatemala
Duncan Currie, Greenpeace International
Michael Lodge, Secretary-General, ISA
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer
of marine technology; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; Vita Onwuasoanya, UNDOALOS; and Angela Chung, UNDOALOS
Thembile Joyini, South Africa, consulting with Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria
Michael Googan, Australia, in conversation with delegates from Norway
Delegates from GRULAC in informal consultations
Highlights and images for 27 March 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
On Monday, 27 March, the third session of the Preparatory Committee established by the UN General Assembly in 2015 to make recommendations on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) convened in plenary in the morning, chaired by Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil. During the brief session, delegates heard from Stephen Mathias, Assistant Secretary-General, Office of Legal Affairs, on progress on marine issues relating to the work of the PrepCom.
Delegates then met in an informal working group on marine genetic resources (MGRs) including questions on the sharing of benefits, which met for the rest of the day, facilitated by Janine Coye-Felson, Belize. Considerations on MGRs will continue on Tuesday, 28 March.
Side events also took place over lunchtime on experiences of benefit-sharing regimes and their potential relevance to MGRs and capacity building in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), and options for using area-based planning tools in ABNJ.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 “Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument 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.” Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.
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View of the opening session chaired by Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel, on behalf of UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Ali Nasimfar, Iran
Ismail Raushan Zahir, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Drusila Esther Bayate, the Philippines
Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, on behalf of the G-77/China
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS
View of the room of PrepCom 3 from the perspective of the dais
Janine Coye-Felson, Belize, Facilitator of the informal working group on marine genetic resources
Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation
Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)
Kamal Shali Ghimire, Nepal
Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico
Alain Tellier, Canada
José Luis Fernández Valoni, Argentina
Haryo Budi Nugroho, Indonesia
Matthías Pálsson, Iceland
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Rena Lee, Singapore
Evan Bloom, US
Jihyun Lee and Joseph Appiott, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat
Thembile Joyini, South Africa, consulting with Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria
Delegates from the African Group consulting
Summary report 27 March – 7 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
Summary report 6–10 March 2017
Stakeholder Day and 5th Session of the IPBES Plenary
Summary report 7–9 February 2017
1st Meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering SAICM and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020
Summary report 2–17 December 2016
UN Biodiversity Conference 2016 (Cancún)
Highlights and images for 18 November 2016
Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016
On Friday, 18 November, the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Marrakech, Morocco, for its last scheduled day. In the afternoon, informal consultations on preparations for the entry into force of the Paris Agreement and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) were held under the Presidency of the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and CMA 1.
In the evening, the COP and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) closing plenaries convened to resolve most remaining agenda items, before suspending.
UPDATE:
10:03pm: COP and CMA draft decision text has been distributed in the room.
10:52pm: The CMA closing plenary opens.
11:58pm: CMA 1 adopts the decision on matters relating to the implementation of the Paris Agreement. CMA suspended at 11:53pm. The COP resumes its closing plenary at 11:53pm. COP 22 adopts the decision on preparations for the entry into force of the Paris Agreement and CMA 1.
1:44am: Closing statements under the COP continue.
2:18am: CMA 1 suspends at 2:16am, and will reconvene in 2017.
2:20am: CMP 12 closes at 2:20am.
2:47am: COP 22 closed at 2:47am.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016.
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Informal Consultations throughout the Day
CMA 1/COP 22 informal consultations under the Presidency on the preparations for the entry into force of the Paris Agreement and CMA 1
Security controls access into the informal consultations
The COP Presidency consults
Delegates confer informally in the final stages of negotiations
COP and CMP Closing Plenaries
Delegates gather outside of the Marrakech plenary hall for the closing plenaries
Paweł Sałek, Secretary of State for the Environment, Poland
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji
Delegates applaud the work done by the UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champions
UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champions Laurence Tubiana, France, and Hakima El Haité, Morocco
Paweł Sałek, Secretary of State for the Environment, Poland, Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, and Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji
Richard Kinley, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNFCCC, and SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
CMA Closing Plenary
Delegates read the draft text of the COP decision for the preparations for the entry into force of the Paris Agreement and CMA 1
Delegates huddle to discuss the text
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President
Adriana Murillo, Costa Rica, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC)
Diego Pacheco Balanza, Bolivia
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Ravi Prasad, India
Jonathan Pershing, US, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Plenary sings happy birthday to Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Delegates applaud the work of Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary, June Budhooram, UNFCCC Secretariat, and Dan Bondi Ogolla, UNFCCC Secretariat, for their long-standing contributions to international climate negotiations
UNFCCC Family Photo
Hundreds of delegates gather for the largest ever UNFCCC family photo
Around the Venue
Delegates arrive at the venue for the last day of the conference
Media reports occur throughout the day
Delegates from Sudan and South Sudan
Merlyn Van Voore, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the Executive Director of UN Environment (UNEP)
Delegates from Norway
Delegates from Sweden
The COP Presidency consults informally
Artist Nordine Znati, Morocco
Marilyn Averill, RINGOs
UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champion Hakima El Haité, Morocco
Bedouin tents around the venue
The Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering the negotiations: Beate Antonich; Jennifer Allan; Sandra Gagnon; Virginia Wiseman; Anna Schulz; Mari Luomi; Cleo Verkuijl; and Kiara Worth
Highlights and images for 15 November 2016
Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016
On Tuesday, 15 November, the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Marrakech, Morocco. In the morning, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) closed, and the opening plenary of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) convened. The opening ceremony of the joint high-level segment of the COP, COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and CMA took place.
Contact groups and informal consultations under the COP and CMP took place throughout the day. In the afternoon, the joint high-level segment continued. The webcast of the joint high-level segment is available at: http://unfccc.cloud.streamworld.de/webcast/high-level-segment.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016.
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Family photo of heads of state and government, and ministers attending COP 22
Opening of the High-Level Segment
View of the dais during the opening of the high-level segment (HLS)
King of Morocco Mohammed VI
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Miriame Mouhoub, Morrocan Youth delivering a 'Statement on the Future of the Planet'
Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective
Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly
President François Hollande, France
Security during the high-level segment
Children participate in a song to welcome delegates to the high-level segment
High-Level Segment
View of the dais during the high-level segment
President Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Prince Albert II, Monaco
President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Djibouti
Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
President Macky Sall, Senegal
President Michelle Bachelet, Chile
President Baron Waqa, Nauru
President Danny Rollen Faure, Seychelles
President Gjorge Ivanov, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Dignitaries Meet Informally
Dignitaries gather in the VIP section of the venue
COP 21/CMP 11 President Laurent Fabius, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, France
Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of the Environment, Nigeria
Presidents and prime ministers speak informally
King of Morocco Mohammed VI
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia
President François Hollande, France
Dignitaries are served traditional Moroccan mint tea
Dignitaries from Oman
Around the Venue
Delegates gather for the start of the high-level segment
A red carpet is rolled out for dignitaries
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly, arrive at the venue
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, sychronize their watches for climate action
President Michelle Bachelet, Chile
President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, Sudan
Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah