Requests for Extension of Provisional Membership

Agenda of the Council

Decision of the Council of the International Seabed Authority relating to the Extension of the membership on a provisional basis of the Authority to Belarus, Belgium, Chile, European Community, Gabon, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Poland Qatar, Russian Federation, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Recommendation by the Council relating to the Agreement concerning the relationship between the United Nations and the International Seabed Authority

Statement describing the status of the implementation of the obligations by the Registered Pioneer Investor, the Government of the Republic of Korea and its certifying State, the Repulic of Korea, under Resolution II and the related understanding adopted by the General Committee of the Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seaon 12 August 1994

Report and Recommendation of the Legal and Technical Commission concerning the Request for Approval of Plans of Work for Exploration by the Government of India, the Institut  Française pour l’Étude et la recherché des nodules (France), Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., Ltd (Japan), Yuzhmorgeologiya (Russian Federation), China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association (China), Interoceanmetal Joint Organization (Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Poland, Russian Federation and Slovakia) and the Government of the Republic of Korea

Proposed Budget of the International Seabed Authority for 1998   

Requests for Approval of Plans of Work for Exploration by the Government of India, the Institut Français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer FREMER)/Association Français pour l'etude et la recherche des nodules (AFERNOD) (France), Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., Ltd (Japan), Yuzhmorgeologiya (Russian Federation), China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association (China), Interoceanmetal Joint Organization (Bulgaria,Cuba, Czech Republic, Poland, Russian Federation and Slovakia) and the Government of the Republic of Korea

Proposed Budget of the International Seabed Authority for 1998 and establishment of a Working Capital Fund

Statement of the President on the work of the Council during the resumed Third Session