The 29th Session of the International Seabed Authority
Part I | |
Legal and Technical Commission | 4 – 15 March 2024 |
Council | 18 – 29 March 2024 |
Part II | |
Legal and Technical Commission | 1 – 12 July 2024 |
Finance Committee | 10 – 12 July 2024 |
Council | 15 – 26 July 2024 |
Assembly | 29 July – 2 August 2024 |
Administrative and Logistic Services
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Transportation
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Accommodation
Various Kingston hotels have special rates for participating members.
- Jamaica Pegasus Hotel: Booking Engine 4.0 URL
- The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites: Booking Engine 4.0 URL
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- Select link above
- Select your arrival and departure dates
- Click APPLY
- Please note that the rates default as double occupancy, once you have applied the dates, please select the number of guests box at the top left had corner and change to 1 if you are single occupancy, your special single rate will be bookable once you change the number of guests in the room.
- The Liguanea Club
- AC Hotels Marriott
- ROK Hotel Kingston
- Spanish Court
Please note that the Secretariat of the Authority is not affiliated with any of the hotels listed above. Delegates’ engagement with these hotels is neither within the interest nor at the expense of the Secretariat of the Authority.
DAILY JOURNALS
ISBA/29/A/CRP.1
Election to fill vacancies in the Council for the period 2025 to 2028 in accordance with Article 161, Paragraph 3, of the Convention.
ISBA/29/A/CRP.2
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
ISBA/29/A/L.1
Provisional agenda of the Assembly. (Advance Unedited Version)
ISBA/29/A/4
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)
ISBA/29/C/L.1
Provisional agenda of the Council.
ISBA/29/C/INF/1
List of Delegations. Council Part 1
ISBA/29/C/1
Agenda of the Council
ISBA/29/C/1/Rev.1
Revised agenda of the Council.
ISBA/29/C/2
Memorandum of understanding between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Seabed Authority.
ISBA/29/C/3
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.
ISBA/29/C/4/Rev.1
Incidents in the NORI-D contract area, 23 November to 4 December 2023.
ISBA/29/C/5
Status of contracts for exploration and related matters, including information on the periodic review of the implementation of approved plans of work for exploration.
ISBA/29/C/6
Status of consultations between the International Seabed Authority and the OSPAR Commission.
ISBA/29/C/7
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.
ISBA/29/C/8
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.
ISBA/29/C/9
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)
ISBA/29/LTC/L.1
Provisional agenda of the Legal and Technical Commission.
ISBA/29/LTC/1
Agenda of the Legal and Technical Commission
ISBA/29/LTC/2
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.
ISBA/29/LTC/3
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.
ISBA/29/LTC/4
Selection of candidates for training programmes under plans of work for exploration.
ISBA/29/LTC/5
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)
ISBA/29/LTC/6
Modalities for facilitating an exchange of views between contractors and members of the Legal and Technical Commission. (Advance Unedited Version)
Council
18 March 2024
- Russian Federation (EN / RU)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC)
- Environmental Justice Foundation and WWF
- International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
- International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
- International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
- Te Ipukarea
EIA/EIS process and REMPS
27 March 2024
- Germany
- Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)
- Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)
- Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)
- Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)
- International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
Intangible Cultural Heritage
27 March 2024
Environmental Compensation Fund
27 March 2024
Equalization measures
19 March 2024
28 March 2024
22 March 2024
- India
- Netherlands
- Nauru
- Nauru – Non-paper on the Legal basis for the Council to Adopt Decision on Safety Zones
- Spain
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Environmental Justice Foundation
- Greenpeace International
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Sustainable Ocean Alliance
- The Ocean Foundation
- WWF
21 March 2024
14 March 2024
13 March 2024
21 February 2024
Apr 02, 2024
Mar 19, 2024
Mar 05, 2024
Daily Bulletins
Part I – 18-29 March 2024
- 03/29/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 10
- 03/28/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 9
- 03/27/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 8
- 03/26/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 7
- 03/25/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 6
- 03/22/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 5
- 03/21/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 4
- 03/20/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 3
- 03/19/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 2
- 03/18/2024 – 29th Session Part 1 Bulletin – Day 1