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17th Session Press Releases

22 July 2011

International Seabed Authority Ends Seventeenth Session in Kingston (SB/17/18)

Seabed Authority Signs Contract for Exploration of Polymetallic Nodules in a Reserved Area by Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (SB/17/17)

Seventeenth Session of Seabed Authority Concludes in Kingston (SB/17/16)

21 July 2011

 Seabed Council Concludes Meetings of 17th Session; Elects Members to Legal and Technical Commission; Adopts Decisions on Environmental Management Plan, and on the Work of the Commission; Sets Sights on New Phase of Work for the Authority (SB/17/15)

Seabed Council Resumes Discussions on Proposed Environmental Management Plan for Clarion-Clipperton Zone (SB/17/14)

20 July 2011

Seabed Council Approves Draft Decision on Financial and Budgetary Matters Based on Recommendations of Finance Committee (SB/17/13)

Seabed Council Begins Discussions on Proposals for Environmental Management Plan for Clarion-Clipperton Zone (SB/17/12)
 

19 July 2011

Seabed Council Approves Four Applications for Exploratory Contracts with Authority in Deep Seabed Area (SB/17/11)

18 July 2011

Advisory Opinion, Contractors' Reporting, Crusts Regulations, Contributions, Scientific Research Included in Seabed Authority Debate on Secretary-General's Report (SB/17/10)

Seabed Assembly Hears Secretary-General's Report on Authority's Work Programme (SB/17/9)

15 July 2011

Seabed Council Hears Technical and Economic Presentation on Cobalt Crust Mining and Processing; Continued Debate on Crust Regulations (SB/17/8)

Legal and Technical Commission in Report to Seabed Council Recommends Approval of Applications for Exploratory Contracts (SB/17/7)

14 July 2011

Seabed Council Resumes Debate on Cobalt Crusts Regulations (SB/17/6

Seabed Council in First Substantive Meeting of Seventeenth Session Discusses Recent Advisory Opinion of Seabed Disputes Chamber (SB/17/5)

12 July 2011

Andrzej Przybycin (Poland) President of Seabed ouncil for 2011 (SB/17/4)

Peter Thomson (Fiji) President of Seabed Assembly for 2011 (SB/17/3)

International Seabed Authority opens seventeenth session in Kingston with its two principal bodies electing presiding officers and adopting their agenda (SB/17/2)

30 June 2011

Applications for Exploration Contracts; Historic Advisory Opinion on the Responsibilities and Obligations of Sponsoring States among Substantive Issues in Crowded Agenda of Seabed Authority 17th Session (SB-17-1)