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Contents below:

     · 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

       · UN agencies & the marine environment

Also see:

     · Fisheries institutions

1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the (UNCLOS)

     Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea  

Law of the Sea: A policy primer

   · 2017 report by The Fletcher School’s LL.M. Program in International Law & Maritime Studies Program

Oxford Bibliography on the Law of the Sea


UN agencies & the marine environment

Also see section below on RFMOs & RFBs

Atlas of the Oceans

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

     Sustainable Oceans Initiative (SOI)

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

      · “the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping

        and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships."

      · Timeline

     · GESAMP

            · Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection

            · Advises the UN on actions to protect marine environments

     · Ballast Water Management

     · GloBallast Partnership

     · Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (IMO)

UN Development Program (UNDP)

     Ocean Action Hub

     Ocean Innovation Challenge

UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

     Regional Seas Programme

          · implements UN Environment’s marine-related policy

     Partnership for Regional Ocean Governance (PROG)

          Strong High Seas

UNESCO

     Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

          Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

               · "...a sustained collaborative system of ocean observations, encompassing in situ

               networks, satellite systems, governments, UN agencies and individual scientists."

UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean

UN-Oceans

     · a collaboration between UN agencies to facilitate inter-agency info exchange about the oceans

UN Communities of Ocean Action - SDG14

Intergovernmental Conference On Marine BBNJ

    · BBNJ ~ Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction


United Nations & UNCLOS