Notice2024-15140
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
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Published
July 10, 2024
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 (BBNJ Agreement).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56785-56786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15140]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12454]
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 (BBNJ Agreement).
DATES: The public meeting will be held via WebEx on July 17, 2023,
2:00-3:30 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 Samantha Emmert
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#46232b2b233432352706353227322368212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="284d45454d5a5c5b49685b5c495c4d064f475e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State will hold a public
meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, to discuss 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 (BBNJ). This public meeting will be
held by way of WebEx, with a capacity of up to 1,000 members of the
public to participate. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting
coordinator, Samantha Emmert,
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by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85e0e8e8e0f7f1f6e4c5f6f1e4f1e0abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fb9e96969e898f889abb888f9a8f9ed59c948d">[email protected]</span></a> for log on and dial-in information, and
to request reasonable accommodation. Requests for reasonable
accommodation received after July 16, 2024, will be considered but
might not be possible to fulfill.
The BBNJ Agreement was adopted by the BBNJ Intergovernmental
Conference on June 19, 2023, at the United Nations, and the United
States signed the BBNJ Agreement on September 20, 2023, the day it
opened for signature. In April 2024, the United Nations established a
Preparatory Commission to prepare for the entry into force of the
Agreement and to prepare for the convening of the first meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to the Agreement. An Organizational Meeting
of the Preparatory Commission was held at the United Nations June 24-
26, 2024. Additional information on the BBNJ Agreement is available at
<a href="https://www.un.org/bbnjagreement/en">https://www.un.org/bbnjagreement/en</a>.
We are inviting interested U.S. persons and entities to this
virtual public meeting to share views about the BBNJ Agreement. We will
provide information regarding ratifications by other countries, an
update on domestic processes, and a read-out from the BBNJ Preparatory
Commission's Organizational Meeting. The information obtained from this
session will help the U.S. government in its preparations for the next
steps related to the Agreement, including engagement in the Preparatory
Commission.
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656.
Jennifer L. Becker,
Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 2024-15140 Filed 7-9-24; 8:45 am]
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