Date: Thursday, 6 June 2024
Venue: Conference Room 1, United Nations Office in Nairobi
Description:
On 19 June 2023, the Intergovernmental Conference (convened by General Assembly resolution 72/249 of 24 December 2017), adopted, by consensus, the Agreement 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 (the BBNJ Agreement). Together with the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA)) and the UNEP Ecosystems Division, and with the participation of the OLA Treaty Section, the UNEP Law Division is organizing training to facilitate awareness and understanding of the BBNJ Agreement and encourage countries to adopt measures at the national and regional level that would support the swift entry into force and effective implementation in the future of the Agreement.
More information related to the Agreement is available here.
Date: Thursday, 6 June 2024, 1.30-2.30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 9, United Nations Office in Nairobi
Organizer: Centre for Maritime Environmental Law, Gujarat Maritime University in India
Event documents: Agenda.pdf
Description:
This event aims to introduce the idea of conservation of fisheries in the high seas, followed by a deep dive into specific themes: public participation and fisheries management; access to environmental information and fisheries management; and access to justice in fisheries regulations.
Meeting documents
Supporting documents
Factsheet on the BBNJ Agreement
Other relevant materials
Logistical information note