Final day of the Organizational Meeting of the Preparatory Commission of the BBNJ Agreement | CBCGDF Ocean&Wetlands Working Group Reports at UN Headquarters | June 26, 2024

June 26,2024 is the last day of the organizational meeting of the Preparatory Commission to prepare for the entry into force of 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”). The Ocean&Wetlands Working Group of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) has sent delegation to participate in the meeting on-site.

 





On the final day of the meeting, the Commission elected its second Co-Chair and the final Bureau members. Delegates also agreed that the Commission will have two meetings on 14-25 April 2025 and 18-29 August 2025, pending approval by the UN General Assembly.

 

They also agreed that the substantive meetings of the Commission will ensure transparency, inclusivity and meaningful participation. The Co-Chairs will discuss possible intersessional work and necessary documentation in consultation with the Bureau and the Secretariat.

 

The Co-Chairs, in consultation with the Bureau, will develop a provisional programme of work on the issues where there was agreement. The Bureau will also come up with a proposal on the initial resource mobilization. The agreed clusters include Governance issues; Issues pertaining to the operation of the Clearing-House Mechanism; and financial rules, and financial resources and mechanism.

 

Translator: Sara

Checked by Daisy

Editor: Sara 

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