Read about the latest development from the 29th Session of the International Seabed Authority’s Council and Assembly meetings, taking place in Kingston, Jamaica from 15 July – 02 August 2024:
Day 3 of Assembly – 31 July 2024
Interventions:
- DSCC’s opening intervention to the ISA 29th Assembly here.
- DSCC’s Intervention on Article 154 Review here.
- DSCC’s Intervention on a General Policy for the Protection of the Marine Environment here.
Highlights video:
Minister Ralph Regenvanu of Vanuatu discusses the importance of high-level representative in Kingston, Jamaica at the ISA and why states should support a General Policy on the Protection of the Marine Environment.
Day 2 of Assembly – 30 July 2024
Highlights video:
“Precautionary Action: Uniting for a halt to deep-sea mining” Reception highlights, hosted by the Governments of Palau, Vanuatu, Germany and France in Kingston, Jamaica on 30 July, 2024.
Day 1 of Assembly – 29 July 2024
Highlights video:
DSCC Member and Greenpeace Campaigner Louisa Casson provides an update on what to expect during the ISA Assembly Meeting:
Day 10 of Council – 26 July 2024
Highlights video:
DSCC Co-Founder and Policy and Political Advisor provides an update on the outcomes of the Second Part of the ISA Council Meeting:
Day 9 of Council – 25 July 2024
- Read our intervention on the report of the finance committee here.
Day 8 of Council – 24 July 2024
Highlights videos:
Daniel Cáceres Bartra and Jaime-Leigh Edghill from the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) provide an update on what has been happening during the second week of the ISA Council Meeting, and what is coming up next:
DSCC Interventions:
- Read our intervention on Environmental Impact Assessment/Environmental Impact Statement here.
- Read our intervention on Environmental Monitoring/Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan here.
Day 6 of Council – 22 July 2024
Groundbreaking Discovery in the Deep Ocean – Oxygen Production by Polymetallic Nodules Targeted by the Deep-Sea Mining Industry. Read our press release here.
Highlights videos:
Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala, a native Hawaiian Elder of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Advisory Council and Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group, known as Uncle Sol, provides an update on the developments of the first week of Council, and in particular on the discussion on Indigenous cultural heritage and dealing with tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Uncle Sol and Ekolu Lindsey, President of Maui Cultural Lands, also shared their perspective on the new groundbreaking discovery that oxygen is being produced in the deep sea:
DSCC Interventions:
- Read our intervention on Effective Control here.
Day 5 of Council – 19 July 2024
Highlights video:
The DSCC’s Policy Officer Emma Wilson, gives an overview of the latest developments of the first week of the ISA Council Meeting:
DSCC Interventions:
- Read our intervention on Intangible Underwater Cultural Heritage here.
- Read our intervention on draft Regulation 89 – Confidentiality of Information here.
Day 3 of Council – 17 July 2024
DSCC Interventions:
- Read our intervention on draft Regulation 48 ter – Test Mining here.
Day 2 of Council – 16 July 2024
DSCC Interventions:
- Read our intervention on draft Regulation 44 – General Obligations (under Part IV – Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment) here.
Day 1 of Council – 15 July 2024
DSCC Interventions:
- Read our opening statement here.
DSCC Press Release
Read the DSCC press release – Global Calls to Protect Our Ocean Intensify as ISA Council and Assembly Meetings Resumes – here.