Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

A/DEC/75/570View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 76a Oceans and the law of the sea, published in 2021.

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3 versions · 2021–2023

This is an older version — the most recent is A/DEC/77/556

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2023	A/DEC/77/556	Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction	—	—
2022	A/DEC/76/564	Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction	138	31%Compare
2021	A/DEC/75/570	Intergovernmental conference on an International legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction	351	–

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4 subjects

Biological Diversity Conferences Law of the Sea Marine Ecosystems

What’s in this document?

4 paragraphs

At its 84th plenary meeting, on 22 June 2021, the General Assembly, on the proposal of Singapore,48 recalling its resolution 72/249 of 24 December 2017, in which it had decided to convene an intergovernmental conference, under the auspices of the United Nations, to consider the recommendations of the Preparatory Committee49 on the elements and to elaborate the text of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea50 on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, with a view to developing the instrument as soon as possible, and had also decided that, initially with respect to 2018, 2019 and the first half of 2020, the conference shall meet for four sessions of a duration of 10 working days each, recalling also its decision 74/543 of 11 March 2020, by which it had decided to postpone the fourth session of the conference to the earliest possible available date to be decided by the General Assembly, recalling further its resolution 75/239 of 31 December 2020, in which it had requested the Secretary-General to convene the fourth session of the intergovernmental conference from 16 to 27 August 2021, and noting with concern the continued situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19):

(a) Decided to postpone the fourth session of the conference to the earliest possible available date in 2022, preferably during the first half of the year;

(b) Requested the Secretary-General to convene the fourth session of the conference, with full conference services, including documentation, as required, for a duration of 10 days, on the dates to be determined by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the President of the intergovernmental conference;

(c) Also requested the Secretary-General to provide the necessary support and services for online discussions to be convened by the President of the intergovernmental conference in 2021.

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