United Nation documents include those of the General Assembly, the Security Council, Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, International Sea-Bed Authority, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Economic and Social Council, UN Environment Programme, UN Conference on Trade and Development, and a number of others.
This will enable the establishment of a new UN agency, the International Sea-bed Authority (ISA), to administer the treaty and to oversee mining and exploration by its commercial arm, Enterprise.
Preparatory Commission adopts 'Understanding' on obligations of pioneer investors The Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, at its resumed eighth regular session (New York, 13-31 August), reached another milestone by adopting an Understanding on the Fulfilment of Obligations by the Registered Pioneer Investors and Their Certifying States.
Consultations on obligations of pioneer investors started a few weeks earlier in Kingston, at the sixth session (14 March-8 April) of the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the two main institutions created by thc Convention.
Sea Law Commission registers India as first pioneer investor Three other States to be registered by end of 1987 THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, at its resumed fifth regular session (27 July-21 August, New York), registered India as the first pioneer investor in sea-bed mining, thus taking the first step towards implementation of the sea-bed mining regime as elaborated in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Sea-Bed Commission postpones registration of pioneer investors THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, at its fifth regular session (30 March-16 April, Kingston), decided to postpone the registration of France, India, Japan and the USSR as pioneer investors under the provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Preparatory Commission agrees on procedures for registering pioneer investors in deep sea-bed mining A formula for registering the firstgroup of potential investors in deep sea-bed mining has been agreed on by the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
Sea-Bed Commission condemns issuing of licences for exploration of international area Deploring the fact that the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany had issued licences for exploration of parts of the International Sea-Bed Area, the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea reiterated its rejection of any such claim, agreement, or action undertaken outside the Commission.
