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  A delegate from Cabo Verde casting her vote to determine the IGC Bureau members from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries (GRULAC) Delegates at the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) 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 (BBNJ) continued to exchange views in an informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer, focusing on: •    modalities; •    a clearinghouse; •    monitoring and review; and •    finance mechanism.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 Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily reports and daily web coverage from BBNJ IGC 1. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has published a summary and analysis report from the meeting.   Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Delegates conferring prior to the election of IGC Bureau members from GRULAC IGC President Rena Lee, Singapore L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS Campaign materials in the IGC plenary UN staff members with ballot boxes IGC Informal Working Group Facilitator Olai Uludong, Palau Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) Landisang Kotaro, Palau Alvaro Dos Santos, Paraguay L-R: Jung So-hyun and Hwang Junshik, Republic of Korea Susan Whelan, Holy See Ismail Raushan Zahir, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation Marc Richir, EU Kimberly Louis, Saint Lucia Diedre Mills, Jamaica Ma Xinmin, China Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway Ariel Cayanan, the Philippines Crocheted mascot, distributed by the High Seas Alliance Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland Evan Bloom, US María Claudia Vélez Crismatt, Colombia Tidiani Couma, Monaco Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, International Seabed Authority Fredrik Haag, International Maritime Organization L-R: John Brincat, EU, in conversation with Alice Revell, New Zealand L-R: María Claudia Vélez Crismatt, Colombia, in a discussion with Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland Delegates from China, Iceland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, and the US consulting  

Highlights for Thursday, 26 July 2018 Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, Assembly President, gavels the meeting to a close. On Thursday, 26 July, the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), adopted: the strategic plan (2019-2023) with some amendments; a decision to prepare a high-level action plan with performance indicators and outputs; and the budget for 2019-2020. The Assembly also filled the vacancies on the Council for a four-year period. President Jędrysek drew the meeting to a close at 3:45pm.ENB Summary and Analysis: The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of the 2nd Part of the 24th Session of the International Seabed Authority will be available on Sunday, 29 July 2018 on this website. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital web coverage and daily reports in English and French from ISA-24. Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera Delegates discuss the 2019-2023 ISA Strategic Plan Maruthadu Sudhakar, India Linlin Li, China Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General Ariel Fernández, Argentina Philomène Verlaan, Sargasso Sea Commission Tomasz Grysa, Holy See Michelle Walker, Jamaica Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil Vladimir Vinokurov and Alexey Orel, Russian Federation Duncan Currie, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Urs Daniel Engels, Chair of the Credentials Committee Patrik Schotte, Belgium; Tom de Wachter, Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR); Daniele Bosio, Italy; and Kenneth Wong, Canada Wini Broadbelt (left), the Netherlands, in discussions with Elisa Morgera, ENB L-R: Luke Tang, Singapore; Tomoko Tauchi, Mitsuru Kayama and Tetsuya Yoshimoto, Japan L-R: Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, Assembly President; Alexey Orel and Vladimir Vinokurov, Russian Federation Representatives from the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) discuss amendments to the 2019-2023 ISA Strategic Plan. Kate Neilson, New Zealand; and Amadou Jaiteh, The Gambia Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway; and Tom Diederen, the Netherlands L-R: Josh Mitchell, Cook Islands; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; and Michael Henry, Cook Islands The Nigerian delegation Ernesto Malda, Mexico; and Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, Brazil Group photo of delegates at the end of the meeting Delegates from the Pacific Islands Tom Diederen, Wini Broadbelt, and Laurens de Jonge, the Netherlands The delegation from Tonga with Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General Representatives from the Caribbean at the end of ISA-24 Gaowen He and Zhuo Xiaojun, China Xiao Wang and Mara Wendebourg, ISA Secretariat Around the Venue L-R: Diego Noguera, Lynn Finnegan, Elisa Morgera, ENB; Michael Lodge, ISA Secretary-General; Nicole de Paula, ENB; Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera, ISA Legal Counsel and Deputy to the Secretary-General; and Jean-Christophe Vandevelde, ENB