Event: Ad Hoc Open-Ended Informal Working Group to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction
Date of Event: 28 March - 8 April 2016
Event Holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Policy and Practice)
Description:
The Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (BBNJ) will meet at UN Headquarters in New York, US, from 28 March-8 April 2016, to continue its work on the elements of a draft text of an international legally-binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).