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Highlights and images for 6 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
On Thursday, 6 April, the plenary of 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) met throughout the day. Delegates continued discussions on environmental impact assessments, and then tackled capacity building and technology transfer, and cross-cutting issues, including institutional arrangements, monitoring, review, compliance and dispute settlement.
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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Cristóbal Hernández Castillo, Chile
Maruthadu Sudhakar, India
Duncan Currie, Greenpeace International
Lydia Slobodian, IUCN
Mamadou Diallo, Senegal
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte
Salpin, UNDOALOS
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)
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island
Developing
States (PSIDS)
Leonito Bacalando Jr., Federated States of Micronesia
Ismail Raushan Zahir, Maldives, on behalf of the
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Marc Richir, EU
Siai Taylor, Cook Islands
Luke Roughton, New Zealand
Dongmei Tang, China
Paulo Chiarelli, Brazil
Dilli Raj Ghimire, Nepal
Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga
Harriet Harden-Davies, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Aldo Alexandrow, Venezuela
Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
Diedre Mills, Jamaica
Carlos Garcia, Guatemala
Alain Tellier, Canada
Randy Bumbury, Guyana
Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria
Evan Bloom, US, in a conversation with Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
Delegates from the African Group consulting
L-R: Angel Horna, Peru; Derek Campbell, US; Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS;
and Javier Gorostegui, Chile
L-R: Maria Claudia Velez Crismatt, Colombia; Luis Orozco, Colombia;
and Gina Guillén-Grillo, Costa Rica
L-R: Anca Leroy, France, in conversation with Susan Whelan, the Holy See
Delegates from the EU consulting
Daily report for 6 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
Highlights and images for 5 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
On Wednesday, 5 April, the plenary of 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 throughout the day.
On area-based management tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs), delegates discussed three options: a global model, establishing a global institution to consider and decide on ABMT proposals; a hybrid model, reinforcing regional and sectoral organizations’ mandates through regional coordination mechanisms, and providing global guidance to enhance cooperation and global-level implementation oversight; and a regional and sectoral model, recognizing regional and sectoral bodies’ authority for decision making, monitoring and review of ABMTs with the ILBI providing general policy guidance to promote cooperation, without global-level oversight. On environmental impact assessments (EIAs), delegates discussed: assessing transboundary impacts, strategic environmental assessments, scientific review and consultation, other governance aspects and a clearinghouse mechanism.
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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Alice Revell, New Zealand, Facilitator of the informal working group on ABMTs, including MPAs
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Lois Young, Belize
Cristóbal Hernández Castillo, Chile
Rishy Bukoree, Mauritius
Michael Googan, Australia
Hina Saeed Baig, Pakistan
Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Rolando Castro, Costa Rica
Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea
L-R: Sophie Mirgaux and John Brincat, EU
Djamchid Momtaz, Iran
José Luis Fernández Valoni, Argentina
Matthías Pálsson, Iceland
Kate Neilson, New Zealand
Larisa Chernysheva, Russian Federation
Coumba Gaye, Senegal
Takehiro Nakamura, UN Environment
Sora Lokita, Indonesia
Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
Duncan Muhumuza Laki, Uganda
Lizanne Aching, Trinidad and Tobago
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States
Ariel Cayanan, the Philippines
Ma Xinmin, China
Martin Zvachula, Federated States of Micronesia
Wini Broadbelt, EU
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
Delegates from the EU consulting
Asheline Appleton, IISD RS, confers with Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Evan Bloom, US, in conversation with delegates from Mexico
Daily report for 5 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
Highlights and images for 4 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
On Tuesday, 4 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 plenary in the morning and in the afternoon, with the informal working group on cross-cutting issues completing its work in the morning.
In the morning, Amb. Peter Thomson (Fiji), UN General Assembly President, encouraged delegates to bring cooperation, flexibility and determination to the BBNJ process and to participate in the upcoming Oceans Conference, stressing the importance of the BBNJ process in oceans stewardship. In the afternoon, plenary further discussed the scope of benefit-sharing from marine genetic resources, as well as access and benefit-sharing modalities.
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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President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Peter Thomson, Fiji
President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Peter Thomson, Fiji
Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); President of the UN General
Assembly, Amb. Peter Thomson, Fiji; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)
Daniela Diz, WWF
Peni Suveinakama, Fiji
Susan Whelan, Holy See
Alain Tellier, Canada
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Driss Meski, Executive Secretary, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Veronika Frank, Greenpeace International on behalf of the High Seas Alliance
Evan Bloom, US
Rolando Castro, Costa Rica
Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico
José Luis Fernández Valoni, Argentina
Janine Coye-Felson, Belize, Facilitator of the informal working group on
marine genetic resources
Riena Dwi Astuty, Indonesia
María Claudia Vélez Crismatt, Colombia
Ma Xinmin, China
Alice Revell, New Zealand
Maruthadu Sudhakar, India
Metod Špaček, EU
Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea
Rishy Bukoree, Mauritius
Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, IUCN
Maria Rowena Romana-Eguia, the Philippines
L-R: President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Peter Thomson, Fiji, in conversation with
Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
L-R: Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation, in consultation with
Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico
Delegates from Latin America consulting
Amb. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN and Special Envoy on Climate Change
and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in conversation with delegates from Kenya
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
Daily report for 3 April 2017
3rd Session of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
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