Notice2023-13506
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
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Published
June 26, 2023
Issuing agencies
State Department
Abstract
The Department of State will hold an information session regarding 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 121 (Monday, June 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 41461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13506]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12110]
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State will hold an information session
regarding 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.
DATES: The public meeting will be held via WebEx on June 27, 2023, 2-
3:30 p.m. EDT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to participate in
this meeting, please provide your (1) name, (2) organization/
affiliation, and (3) email address and phone number, to Meaghan Cuddy
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86c5f3e2e2ffcbd4c6f5f2e7f2e3a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ac9ffeeeef3c7d8caf9feebfeefa4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a> or 202-340-3272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State will hold a public
meeting at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, to discuss the iAgreement
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 (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#5e1d2b3a3a27130c1e2d2a3f2a3b70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b784e5f5f4276697b484f5a4f5e155c544d">[email protected]</span></a> for log on
and dial-in information, and to request reasonable accommodation.
Requests for reasonable accommodation received after June 23, 2023,
will be considered but might not be possible to fulfill.
Negotiations on the BBNJ Agreement concluded at the resumed fifth
session of the BBNJ intergovernmental conference (IGC) from February
20-March 4, 2023 The Agreement was adopted by the IGC on June 19, 2023,
at the United Nations. It is anticipated that the Agreement will be
opened for signature on September 20, 2023. Additional information on
the BBNJ Agreement is available at <a href="http://www.un.org/bbnj">www.un.org/bbnj</a>.
We are inviting interested U.S. stakeholders to this virtual public
meeting to share views about the BBNJ Agreement. We will provide a
brief overview of the Agreement and next steps post-adoption and listen
to the viewpoints of U.S. stakeholders. The information obtained from
this session will help the U.S. delegation in its preparations for the
next steps following the adoption of the agreement.
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656.
Jennifer Becker,
Acting Director, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 2023-13506 Filed 6-23-23; 8:45 am]
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