Month: September 2018
Secretary-General Michael Lodge Makes Deep Sea Mining Presentation at Hamburg Business Club
JAMAICA, Kingston ( 28 September 2018) – – “Over the next few years, I believe there will be significant opportunities for public and private industrial cooperation in many diverse fields, including exploration geology, environmental management, subsea technology, project development and financing.” Speaking to the Hamburg Business Club about new developments in deep seabed mining, ISA… Continue reading Secretary-General Michael Lodge Makes Deep Sea Mining Presentation at Hamburg Business Club
The International Seabed Authority at the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
JAMAICA, Kingston (5 September 2018) – – In his statement at the BBNJ Conference currently being held at the UN headquarters in New York, and on behalf of the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, the Deputy to the Secretary-General and Legal Counsel, Mr Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera indicated that the International Seabed Authority – as one… Continue reading The International Seabed Authority at the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
Interests of Developing States at the Forefront of the Activities of the International Seabed Authority
JAMAICA, Kingston (4 September 2018) – – “The Law of the Sea Convention not only guarantees the right of all States, rich and poor, to access the mineral resources of the deep seabed, but also assures equality of access to developing States, including the land-locked and geographically disadvantaged States, and small island developing States.” Speaking… Continue reading Interests of Developing States at the Forefront of the Activities of the International Seabed Authority
