The International Seabed Authority is making its first
intervention at the seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly today. In that connection, I wish to express the Authority’s warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of this organ…
This being the first time that the International Seabed Authority is addressing the General Assembly at its seventieth session, I would like to convey to the President our warmest congratulations on his election to the presidency and assure him of the Authority’s trust and support.
I wish to refer …
As this is the first time that the International Seabed Authority has taken the floor before the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, I express my warmest congratulations to the President of the General Assembly on his election. I assure him of the Authority’s support and cooperation.
I wis…
Allow me, first of all, to congratulate Mr. John William Ashe on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session.
I wish to refer to the two draft resolutions before the General Assembly (A/68/L.18 and A/68/L.19) and express my appreciation to Member States for th…
Allow me first of all to congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election to the presidency of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly. I have every confidence in his ability to guide the Assembly to its successful conclusion.
I wish to refer to the two draft resolutions before the General As…
Thirty years ago, when the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was opened for signature in Montego Bay, Jamaica, there was reason to doubt whether the International Seabed Authority would ever come into existence. The industrialized States had made it clear that Part XI of the C…
Allow me, first of all, to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I have every confidence in his ability to guide the Assembly to a successful conclusion.
I wish to refer to the two draft resolutions before the General Assemb…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I have every confidence in your ability to guide the Assembly to a successful conclusion.
I wish to refer to the two draft resolutions before the General …
It is my honour today to address the General Assembly for the first time as the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority. As members know, the Authority is one of the principal international institutions established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and ha…
