International Seabed Authority

6 June 2008

International Seabed Authority concludes Fourteenth Session; New Secretary-General and Twenty Seabed Council Members elected; Progress made on Negotiations on Sulphides and Crusts Regulations (SB-14-21)

International Seabed Authority concludes Fourteenth Session;  Assembly elects new Council members (SB-14-20)

5 June 2008

Seabed Council concludes work of fourteenth Session (SB-14-19) 

Seabed Council adopts provision of sulphides Regulations dealing with its future review; Revisits text on marine environment protection (SB-14-18)

Nii Allotey Odunton - Biographical Note (SB-14-17)

Assembly Elects Nii Allotey Odunton of Ghana as Secretary General of the Seabed Authority; Adopts $12,516.500 Budget for 2009-2010 Biennium (SB-14-16)

4 June 2008

Council considers new proposals for overlapping claims and review clause of draft Regulations for sulphides (SB-14-15)

Seabed Council continues its review of draft Regulations on polymetallic sulphides (SB-14-14)

3 June 2008

Seabed Council recommends $12,516,500 budget for Authority's 2009-2010 operations; Approves scale of assessment for contributions  (SB-14-13)

Seabed Council hears expert presentations on markets for seabed minerals and current trends and challenges in mining technology (SB-14-12) 

2 June 2008

Seabed Council continues deliberations on draft sulphides Regulations (SB-14-11)

Jamaican Deputy Prime Minister pledges Government's support for International Seabed Authority. Authority's Library to be named after outgoing Secretary-Geeral Satya N. Nandan (SB-14-10)

30 May 2008

Seabed Council resumes debate on revised text of sulphides Regulations (SB-14-9) 

Seabed Council supports candidacy of Nii Allotey Odunton for next Secretary-General; Takes note of Legal and Technical Commission report (SB-14-8) 

29 May 2008

Seabed Assembly hears Secretary-General's report; Elects President and Vice Presidents; Appoints Credentials Committee (SB-14-7)

Ryszard Kotlinski of Poland elected President of Seabed Assembly for 2008 (ISBA-14-6) 

28 May 2008

Seabed Council Continues Discussions on Sulphides Regulations (SB-14-5)

ISA Council begins substantive work of 14th Session; Reviews proposals on draft sulphides regulations (SB-14-4)

27 May 2008

Mrs. Liesbeth Lijnzaad (Netherlands) elected President of Seabed Council for 2008 (SB-14-3)

26 May 2008

Elections; New Budget and Approval of Regulations on New Ocean Minerals highlight Fourteenth Session Agenda of the International Seabed Authority (SB-14-2)

23 May 2008

Seabed Authority to elect new Secretary-General and half of its Policy-Making Council at Fourteenth Session in Kingston, 26 May - 6 June 2008. (SB-14-1)