Process for taking decisions during the 26th session of the Assembly

Note Verbale addressed to all Members of the Authority to inform them of the letter of the President of the Assembly regarding the launch of a process for taking decisions during the twenty-sixth session of the Assembly, including its opening.

18 September 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/131 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all Members of the Authority to transmit the letter from the President of the Assembly regarding the endorsement of the proposal made on 17 September 2020.

24 September 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/134 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all Members of the Authority regarding the opening of the 26th session of the Assembly and submission of credentials.

28 September 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/141

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority to transmit the Letter from the President of the 25th session of the Assembly declaring open of the 26th session of the Assembly and circulate a draft decision on the procedure for adoption of decisions by the Assembly during the 26th session.

5 October 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/142 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority to transmit the Letter from the President of the 25th session of the Assembly containing a revised draft decision on the procedure for adoption of decisions by the Assembly during the 26th session.

12 October 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/152 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority to transmit the Letter from the President of the 25th session of the Assembly regarding the outcome of the consultations concerning the revised draft decision on the “Procedure for adoption of decisions by the Assembly during the twenty-sixth session of the International Seabed Authority owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic”.

16 October 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/155 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority to transmit the Letter from the President of the 25th session of the Assembly regarding the election of the President of the twenty-sixth session of the Assembly.

26 October 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/160 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter from the President of the 25th session of the Assembly regarding the outcome of the election of the President of the 26th session of the Assembly.

29 October 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/165 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter from the President of the 26th session of the Assembly regarding adoption of the agenda and organization of the work of the 26th session of the Assembly.

3 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/166 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale of the President of the 26th Assembly addressed to all members of the Authority regarding the outcome of the adoption of the agenda and the organization of the work of the 26th session of the Assembly.

6 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/168 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority transmitting a joint letter of the President of the Assembly and the President of the Council of the 26th session of the Authority.

9 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/169 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority transmitting a letter of the President of the 26th session of the Assembly regarding election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly and appointment of the Credential Committee.

10 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/175 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority transmitting a letter dated 13 November 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority regarding the outcome of the election of the Vice-Presidents and appointment of the Credentials Committee for the 26th session of the Assembly.

13 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/176 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority transmitting a letter from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority which includes a proposed schedule and modalities for the implementation of the decision of the Assembly dated 6 November 2020 concerning the organization of work for the twenty-sixth session of the Assembly.

17 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/179 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 20 November 2020 from the President of the Assembly concerning election of a Vice-President of the Assembly.

20 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/182 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter from the President of the Assembly regarding the outcome on a proposed schedule and modalities concerning the organization of work for the twenty-sixth session of the Assembly.

20 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/183 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority dated 23 November 2020 addressed to the members of the Authority concerning the election to fill vacancies on the Finance Committee and the Draft decision of the Assembly to name the museum of the International Seabed Authority in honour of Mr. Nii Allotey Odunton.

23 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/185 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority transmitting a letter dated 23 November 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, concerning the outcome of the election of a Vice-President of the Assembly for its twenty-sixth session.

23 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/186 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter from the President of the Assembly dated 26 November 2020 concerning the outcome of the election to fill vacancies on the Finance Committee and adoption of the Draft decision of the Assembly to name the museum of the International Seabed Authority in honour of Nii Allotey Odunton.

26 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/188 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 30 November 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority for its twenty-sixth session, addressed to the members of the Authority, concerning the election of the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, as well as the attached two official documents: ISBA/26/A/L.2 and ISBA/26/C/25.

30 November 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/192 | Letter to Members | ISBA/26/A/L.2 | ISBA/26/C/25

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority transmitting a letter dated 3 December 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, concerning the outcome of the election of the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority.

03 December 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/194 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale addressed to all members of the Authority concerning the report of the Secretary-General on the action plan of the Authority in support of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (ISBA/26/A/4) and the report of the Secretary-General on Implementing a programmatic approach to capacity development (ISBA/26/A/7).

03 December 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/197

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 7 December 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning election to fill vacancies on the Council of the Authority, adoption of the budget of the Authority and the scale of assessment for the contribution to the budget of the Authority.

07 December 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/202 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 14 December 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning agenda items 9 and 12 of the Assembly and associated draft decisions, which encloses ISBA/26/A/7 and ISBA/26/A/4 as attached.

14 December 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/209 | Letter to Members | ISBA/26/A/4 | ISBA/26/A/7

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 17 December 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority informing of the adoption by the Assembly of the Decision relating to the implementation of a programmatic approach to capacity development as well as the Decision relating to the action plan of the Authority in support of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

17 December 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/213 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 28 December 2020 from the President of the Assembly concerning the Draft decision of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority relating to the budget of the Authority for the financial period 2021-2022, along with the associated documents.

28 December 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/221 | Letter to Members | ISBA/26/A/5/Add.1/Rev.2 | ISBA/26/C/26 | ISBA/26/A/CRP.3

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 31 December 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority for its twenty-sixth session concerning election to fill vacancies on the Council and the associated ISBA/26/A/CRP.4.

31 December 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/252 | Letter to Members | ISBA/26/A/CRP.4

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 31 December 2020 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority for its twenty-sixth session informing of the adoption of the Decision of the Assembly relating to the budget of the Authority for the financial period 2021-2022.

31 December 2020 : ISA/EOSG/2020/253 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 5 January 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority for its twenty-sixth session informing of the proposals to appoint Myanmar and Sri Lanka as members of the Credentials Committee.

05 January 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/002 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 7 January 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority announcing the result of the silence procedure for the draft decision of the Assembly relating to the election to fill the vacancies on the Council of the Authority.

07 January 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/003 | Letter to Members | Belgium’s Letter to the President of ISA Assembly

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 8 January 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority informing of the appointment of Myanmar and Sri Lanka as members of the Credentials Committee for the twenty-sixth session of the Assembly.

08 January 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/005 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 12 January 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority for its twenty-sixth session concerning the election to fill the vacancies on the Council of the Authority.

12 January 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/006 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a joint letter dated 22 January 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority and the President of the Council of the International Seabed Authority for the twenty-sixth session.

22 January 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/009 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 12 February 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning the election of Mexico as Vice-President of the Assembly to substitute The Dominican Republic.

12 February 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/019 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting letter dated 17 February 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning the election of a Vice-President of the Assembly from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC).

17 February 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/038 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 26 February 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning the election to fill the vacancies on the Council of the Authority, and the Draft Decision of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority relating to the election to fill the vacancies on the Council of the Authority in accordance with article 161, paragraph 3, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

26 February 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/046 | Letter to Members | ISBA/26/A/CRP.4/Rev.1

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 3 March 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority informing of the adoption of the Decision of the Assembly of the Authority relating to the election to fill the vacancies on the Council.

03 March 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/047 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 26 April 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the Authority for its 26th session, addressed to the members of the Authority, concerning the election to fill vacancies on the Finance Committee in accordance with section 9, paragraph 5, of the annex to the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, along with two associated documents (ISBA/26/A/21 and ISBA/26/A/22).

26 April 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/067 | Letter to Members | ISBA/26/A/21 | ISBA/26/A/22

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 29 April 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority for its twenty-sixth session informing of election of two members of the Finance Committee by the Assembly in accordance with section 9, paragraph 5, of the annex to the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982.

29 April 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/068 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a joint letter from the President of the Assembly and the President of the Council of the International Seabed Authority.

20 May 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/080 | Joint Letter

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 21 June 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority with reference to a Draft decision of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning the extension of the terms of office of the current members of the Finance Committee (ISBA/26/A/CRP.5

21 June 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/088 | Letter to Members | ISBA/26/A/CRP.5

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 25 June 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning the Draft decision of the Assembly concerning the extension of the terms of office of the current members of the Finance Committee (ISBA/26/A/CRP.5)

25 June 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/090 | Letter to Members

Note Verbale transmitting a letter dated 1 July 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority regarding the revised Draft decision of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning the extension of the terms of office of the current members of the Finance Committee.

1 July 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/093 | Letter to Members | ISBA/26/A/CRP.5/Rev.1

Note Verbale No. ISBA/EOSG/2021/95 transmitting a letter dated 8 July 2021 from the President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority on the adoption of the Decision of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority concerning the extension of the terms of office of the current members of the Finance Committee.

8 July 2021 : ISA/EOSG/2021/095 | Letter to Members