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Official holidays 2013 NEW YEAR’S DAY January 1 ASH WEDNESDAY February 13 GOOD FRIDAY March 29 EASTER MONDAY April 1 LABOUR DAY May 23 EMANCIPATION DAY August 1 INDEPENDENCE DAY August 6 NATIONAL HEROES DAY October 21 CHRISTMAS DAY December 25 BOXING DAY December 26 94 International Seabed Authority Handbook 2013 Published in Jamaica 2013 by the International Seabed Authority © International Seabed Authority, 2013 National Library of Jamaica Cataloguing‐In‐Publication Data International Seabed Authority International Seabed Authority: Handbook 2013 p. ; cm ISSN: 0799‐1827 (pbk) 1. International Seabed Authority – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Ocean bottom (Marine Law) 3. International co‐operation – Ocean bottom 341.455 dc 22 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Secretary‐General, International Seabed Authority, 14‐ 20 Port Royal Street, Kingston, Jamaica. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Cover Images: ©Nautilus Minerals TABLE OF CONTENTS The International Seabed Authority 1 Members of the Authority 3 Regional Groups 5 Members of the Council 7 Composition of the Council: 2012 – 2015 11 Presidents of the Assembly 13 Presidents of the Council 14 Members of the Legal and Technical Commission 15 Members of the Finance Committee 16 Observers to the International Seabed Authority 17 Lists of Ratifications, Accessions and Successions 20 Contractors 26 Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the ISA 30 Permanent Representatives and Members of the Permanent Missions 36 Argentina 38 Bangladesh 39 Belgium 40 Brazil 41 Cameroon 42 Chile 43 China 44 Cuba 45 European Union 46 France 47 Gabon 48 Germany 49 Italy 50 Jamaica 51 Japan 52 Mexico 53 Nigeria 54 Panama 55 Republic of Korea 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57 South Africa 58 Spain 59 Trinidad and Tobago 60 Guidelines on Protocol for Permanent Missions to the ISA 62 Documentation and Publications 68 The Secretariat 78 Information for Delegates 84 Official Holidays 2013 94 iii THE INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY Establishment The International Seabed Authority is established by and Functions article 156 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention). In accordance with article 157 of the Convention and section 1, paragraph 1, of the annex to the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (the Agreement), the Authority is the organization through which States Parties to the Convention shall, in accordance with the regime for the International Seabed Area established in Part XI of the Convention and the Agreement, organize and control activities in the Area, particularly with a view to administering the resources of the Area. Entry into The Convention entered into force on 16 November force of the 1994. Pursuant to article 156, paragraph 2, all States Convention Parties to the Convention are ipso facto members of the Authority. The Agreement was adopted on 28 July 1994 by General Assembly resolution 48/263. After the adoption of the Agreement, any instrument of ratification or formal confirmation of or accession to the Convention shall also represent consent to be bound by the Agreement. No State or entity may establish its consent to be bound by the Agreement unless it has previously established or establishes at the same time its consent to be bound by the Convention. Entry into The Agreement entered into force on 28 July 1996. On force of the the same date, in accordance with article 7, paragraph 3, Agreement provisional application of the Agreement terminated. In accordance with the provisions of section 1, paragraph 12(a) of the annex to the Agreement, States and entities referred to in article 3 of the Agreement which had been applying it provisionally and for which it was not in force were able to continue to be members of the Authority on a provisional basis, pending its entry into force for such States and entities, by sending a written notification to the depository to that effect. During the second, third and fourth sessions of the Authority (1996 – 1998), the Council extended the membership, on a 1 provisional basis, of a number of States, and the then European Community. Some of those States, and the European Union, have since become parties to the Convention and the Agreement. Provisional membership for all States terminated on 16 November 1998. The Assembly The governing bodies of the Authority are the Assembly and the and the Council. The Assembly consists of all members Council of the Authority. As the supreme body of the Authority, to which other bodies are accountable, it is responsible for setting general policies and regularly reviewing the work of the Authority. The Council is the executive body of the Authority. It establishes specific policies and approves applications for exploration or exploitation rights. Its 36 members are elected by the Assembly for rotating four‐year terms, according to a formula intended to ensure the representation of all geographical blocs as well as groups with special economic interests affected by seabed mining. The Legal and Also established are a Legal and Technical Commission, Technical which advises the Council, and a Finance Committee Commission which deals with budgetary and related matters. These ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ consist of experts nominated by governments and The Finance elected to serve in their individual capacity. Committee 2 Members of As at 30 April 2013, 164 States and the European Union the Authority were members of the Authority. These are: Albania Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Angola Egypt * Antigua and Barbuda * Equatorial Guinea Argentina Estonia Armenia European Union Australia Fiji Austria Finland Bahamas France Bahrain * Gabon Bangladesh Gambia * Barbados Georgia Belarus Germany Belgium Ghana * Belize Greece Benin Grenada Bolivia Guatemala Bosnia and Herzegovina * Guinea Botswana Guinea‐Bissau * Brazil Guyana Brunei Darussalam Haiti Bulgaria Honduras Burkina Faso Hungary Cameroon Iceland Canada India Cape Verde Indonesia Chad Iraq * Chile Ireland China Italy Comoros * Jamaica Congo Japan Cook Islands Jordan Costa Rica Kenya Côte d’Ivoire Kiribati Croatia Kuwait Cuba Lao People’s Democratic Cyprus Republic Czech Republic Latvia Democratic Republic of Lebanon the Congo * Lesotho Denmark Liberia Djibouti * Lithuania Dominica * Luxembourg 3 Madagascar Saint Vincent and the Malawi Grenadines * Malaysia Samoa Maldives Sao Tome and Principe* Mali * Saudi Arabia Malta Senegal Marshall Islands * Serbia Mauritania Seychelles Mauritius Sierra Leone Mexico Singapore Micronesia (Federated Slovakia States of) Slovenia Monaco Solomon Islands Mongolia Somalia* Montenegro South Africa Morocco Spain Mozambique Sri Lanka Myanmar Sudan * Namibia Suriname Nauru Swaziland Nepal Sweden Netherlands Switzerland New Zealand Thailand Nicaragua The former Yugoslav Nigeria Republic of Macedonia Niue Timor‐Leste Norway Togo Oman Tonga Pakistan Trinidad and Tobago Palau Tunisia Panama Tuvalu Papua New Guinea Uganda Paraguay Ukraine Philippines United Kingdom of Great Poland Britain and Northern Portugal Ireland Qatar United Republic of Republic of Korea Tanzania Republic of Moldova Uruguay Romania Vanuatu Russian Federation Viet Nam Saint Kitts and Nevis * Yemen* Saint Lucia* Zambia Zimbabwe * States which have not yet become parties to the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. 4 STATE MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY Arranged in Regional Groups* African Group (46 members) Algeria Gabon Nigeria Angola Gambia Sao Tome and Principe Benin Ghana Senegal Botswana Guinea Seychelles Burkina Faso Guinea‐Bissau Sierra Leone Cameroon Kenya Somalia Cape Verde Lesotho South Africa Chad Liberia Sudan Comoros Madagascar Swaziland Congo Malawi Togo Côte d’Ivoire Mali Tunisia Democratic Republic Mauritania Uganda of the Congo Mauritius United Republic of Djibouti Morocco Tanzania Egypt Mozambique Zambia Equatorial Guinea Namibia Zimbabwe Asian Group (44 members) Bahrain Lebanon Philippines Bangladesh Malaysia Qatar Brunei Darussalam Maldives Republic of Korea China Marshall Islands Samoa Cook Islands Micronesia Saudi Arabia Cyprus (Federated States of) Singapore Fiji Mongolia Solomon Islands India Myanmar Sri Lanka Indonesia Nauru Thailand Iraq Nepal Timor‐Leste Japan Niue Tonga Jordan Oman Tuvalu Kiribati Pakistan Vanuatu Kuwait Palau Viet Nam Lao People’s Papua New Guinea Yemen Democratic Republic * This grouping is unofficial and based on the practice in the United Nations General Assembly. 5 Eastern European Group (22 members) Albania Georgia Russian Federation Armenia Hungary Serbia Belarus Latvia Slovakia Bosnia and Herzegovina Lithuania Slovenia Bulgaria Montenegro The former Yugoslav Croatia Poland Republic of Macedonia Czech Republic Republic of Moldova Ukraine Estonia Romania Latin American and Caribbean