Notice2022-03670
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
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Published
February 22, 2022
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State Department
Abstract
The Department of State will hold an information session regarding upcoming United Nations negotiations concerning marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 9784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03670]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 11658]
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting
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SUMMARY: The Department of State will hold an information session
regarding upcoming United Nations negotiations concerning marine
biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
DATES: The public meeting will be held via WebEx on February 23, 2022,
3:00--4:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to participate in
this meeting, please send your (1) name, (2) organization/affiliation,
and (3) email address and phone number, to Erika Carlsen at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7a486958b948289a2aba79493869382c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="501331223c23353e151c1023243124357e373f26">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State will hold a public
meeting at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, to prepare for
the fourth session of an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the
conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of
areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ). This public meeting will be
held by way of WebEx, with a capacity of up to 1000 members of the
public to participate. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting
coordinator, Erika Carlsen, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c685a7b4aab5a3a8838a86b5b2a7b2a3e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="703311021c03151e353c3003041104155e171f06">[email protected]</span></a> for log on
and dial-in information, and to request reasonable accommodation.
Requests for reasonable accommodation received after February 18, 2022,
will be considered but might not be possible to fulfill.
The United Nations will convene the fourth session of the BBNJ IGC
on March 7-18, 2022, in New York City. The UN General Assembly
established the IGC to consider the recommendations of a two-year
Preparatory Committee and to elaborate the text of an international
legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the
Law of Sea on BBNJ. The previously scheduled fourth session of the IGC
was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Additional information
on the BBNJ process is available at <a href="http://www.un.org/bbnj">www.un.org/bbnj</a>.
We are inviting interested stakeholders to this virtual public
meeting to share views about the BBNJ IGC, in particular to provide
information to assist the U.S. Government in developing its positions.
We will provide a brief overview of the upcoming discussions and listen
to the viewpoints of U.S. stakeholders. The information obtained from
this session will help the U.S. delegation prepare for participation in
the fourth IGC session.
Zachary A. Parker,
Director, Office of Directives Management, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-03670 Filed 2-18-22; 8:45 am]
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