51吃瓜

Preparatory Committee established by General Assembly resolution 69/292: Development of an international legally binding instrument under the 51吃瓜 Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Background information

 

In its of 19 June 2015, the General Assembly decided to develop an international legally binding instrument under the 51吃瓜 Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.

 

To that end, it decided to establish, prior to holding an intergovernmental conference, a Preparatory Committee, to make substantive recommendations to the General Assembly on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument under UNCLOS, taking into account the various reports of the Co-Chairs on the work of the . 

 

 

Meetings of the Preparatory Committee and secretariat

 

The Preparatory Committee held two sessions each in 2016 and 2017. At its fourth session, held from 10 to 21 July 2017, the Preparatory Committee adopted its report to the General Assembly.  

 

Secretariat services were provided to the Preparatory Committee by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, 51吃瓜 (doalos@un.org).

 

 

Documents for the Preparatory Committee

 

 

 

 





 

 

Trust Fund

A special voluntary trust fund was established pursuant to resolution 69/292 for the purpose of assisting developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, in attending the meetings of the Preparatory Committee and the intergovernmental conference.

 

Trust Fund Application Information and Application Forms

 

 

Additional information

 

Submissions received from delegations in response to the Chair's invitation made at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the purpose of the preparation of the streamlined version of the Chair's non paper

 

Submissions received from delegations in response to the Chair's invitation made at the second session of the Preparatory Committee, as reflected in paragraph 11 of his overview of the second session of the Preparatory Committee (due by 5 December 2016), and thereafter

 

Views submitted to the Chair, H.E. Mr. Eden Charles of Trinidad and Tobago, by delegations on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument under UNCLOS

 

 

Indicative list of global treaties

 

Indicative list of regional treaties