Notice2022-15033
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction; Public Meeting
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Published
July 14, 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 of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 42258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15033]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 11786]
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction; Public Meeting
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 of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
DATES: The public meeting will be held via WebEx on July 26, 2022,
10:00-11:00 a.m.
ADDRESSES: 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 Meaghan Cuddy at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f6c5a4b4b56627d6f5c5b4e5b4a01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fcbf89989885b1aebc8f889d8899d29b938a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State will hold a public
meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, to prepare for the
fifth 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, Meaghan Cuddy, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97d4e2f3f3eedac5d7e4e3f6e3f2b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="06457362627f4b5446757267726328616970">[email protected]</span></a> for log on
and dial-in information, and to request reasonable accommodation.
Requests for reasonable accommodation received after July 22, 2022,
will be considered but might not be possible to fulfill.
The United Nations will convene the fifth session of the BBNJ IGC
from August 15-26, 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. This is the fifth and possibly final Session of the
Intergovernmental Conference. It is anticipated that the BBNJ Agreement
may be adopted at the conclusion of negotiations in this session.
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 fifth IGC session.
(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656)
John Griffith,
Acting Director, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 2022-15033 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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