The 29th Session of the International Seabed Authority

Election to fill vacancies in the Council for the period 2025 to 2028 in accordance with Article 161, Paragraph 3, of the Convention.

Indicative list of member states of the International Seabed Authority which would fulfil the criteria for membership in the various groups of states in the Council in accordance with section 3, paragraph 15, of the annex to the Agreement for the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982

Provisional agenda of the Assembly. (Advance Unedited Version)

Note verbale dated 19 April 2024 from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Chile to the International Seabed Authority addressed to the Secretariat of the Authority. (Advance Unedited Version)

Provisional agenda of the Council.

List of Delegations. Council Part 1

Agenda of the Council

Revised agenda of the Council.

Memorandum of understanding between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Seabed Authority.

Election to fill a vacancy on the Legal and Technical Commission in accordance with article 163, paragraph 7, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Incidents in the NORI-D contract area, 23 November to 4 December 2023.

Status of contracts for exploration and related matters, including information on the periodic review of the implementation of approved plans of work for exploration.

Status of consultations between the International Seabed Authority and the OSPAR Commission.

Report of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission on the work of the Commission at the first part of its twenty-ninth session.

Report on the relinquishment of 50 per cent of the area allocated to the Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer (Ifremer) under the contract for exploration for polymetallic sulphides between the Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer (Ifremer) and the International Seabed Authority.

Statement of the President on the work of the Council of the International Seabed Authority during the first part of the twenty-ninth session. (Advance Unedited Version)

Provisional agenda of the Legal and Technical Commission.

Agenda of the Legal and Technical Commission

Application for approval of a plan of work for exploration for polymetallic massive sulphides by Earth System Science Organization – Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.

Application for approval of a plan of work for exploration for cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts by Earth System Science Organization – Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.

Selection of candidates for training programmes under plans of work for exploration.

Criteria for identifying contractors that have responded insufficiently or incompletely, or failed to respond, to the calls from the Council to address issues identified by the Commission in relation to their contractual obligations. (Advance Unedited Version)

Modalities for facilitating an exchange of views between contractors and members of the Legal and Technical Commission. (Advance Unedited Version)