Plenary meetings of the General Assembly on 10 and 11 December 2012 devoted to the consideration of the item entitled "Oceans and the law of the sea" and to the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea — A/RES/67/5 | UN Mandate Registry
Plenary Meetings of the General Assembly on 10 and 11 December 2012 Devoted to the Consideration of the Item Entitled "Oceans and the Law of the Sea" And to the Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Opening for Signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Decides to adopt the organizational arrangements for the plenary meetings on 10 and 11 December 2012 as outlined in the annex to the present resolution.
Annex I
Organizational arrangements for the plenary meetings on 10 and 11 December 2012 devoted to the consideration of the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea” and to the commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
1
Four plenary meetings of the General Assembly shall be held on 10 and 11 December, as follows:
a
Two plenary meetings, on 10 December 2012, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., shall be devoted to the commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;
b
Two plenary meetings, on 11 December 2012, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., shall be devoted to the consideration of the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
2
The list of speakers in the commemoration shall be as follows:
a
Mr. Tommy Koh, President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea;
b
Mr. Christopher Grima, Permanent Representative of Malta, to pay special tribute to the late Ambassador Arvid Pardo of Malta;
c
Chairs of the five regional groups;
d
Representative of the host country;
e
Ms. Isabelle Picco, President of the twenty-second Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;
f
Mr. Milan Meetarbhan, President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority;
g
Mr. Nii Odunton, Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority;
h
Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice;
i
Judge Shunji Yanai, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea;
j
Mr. Lawrence Awosika, Chairman of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
3
Statements in the commemoration shall be limited to 10 minutes.
