FRONT MATTER.PMD - International Seabed Authority

Chronology
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Consideration of matters arising from the imminent entry into force of the Convention,
including consideration of provisional agenda for the first session of the
Assembly of the Authority, final report of the Training Panel, budget for the first
financial period of the Authority and date of the first session of the Assembly of
the Authority (16-18 November 1994), report containing recommendations for
submission to the first meeting of States Parties to be convened in accordance
with annex VI, article 4, of the Convention regarding practical arrangements for
the establishment of the Tribunal, final report on all matters within the mandate of
the Preparatory Commission to be submitted to the Assembly of the Authority at
its first session.
16 November 1994—Entry into force of the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea
INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY, 1994 - 2000
1994—First session, Kingston, Jamaica (Part I, 16-18 November 1994, Part II, 27
February-17 March). Authority comes into existence upon entry into force of the
Convention. First formal session convened by United Nations Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Second part of the first session convened by the Legal
Counsel of the United Nations as President pro tem of the Assembly. Mr. Hasjim
Djalal (Indonesia) elected as President of the Assembly. Adoption of the rules
and procedures of the Assembly. Consultations among regional groups and interest
groups on the composition of the Council. Identification of eight largest
investors. Decision to hold informal consultations on the composition of the
Council in New York from 6-8 December 1995. Issue of certificates of compliance
by the Chairman of the Preparatory Commission to six registered pioneer
investors: COMRA (China), IFREMER/AFERNOD (France), DORD (Japan),
Government of India, Yuzhmorgeologiya (Russian Federation), and IOM (Bulgaria,
Cuba, the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Poland and the Russian
Federation) in fulfillment of their obligations under resolution II.
1995—Third part of the first session, Kingston, Jamaica from 7-18 August 1995.
Presentation of the final report of the Preparatory Commission by its Rapporteur-
General, Mr. Kenneth Rattray (Jamaica). Decision by the Assembly to continue
to use the Kingston Office for the Law of the Sea as the interim Secretariat of the
Authority and to authorize the Secretary-General of the United Nations to administer
the interim Secretariat of the Authority until election of the first
Secretary-General of the Authority. Consideration of organizational matters including
the draft headquarters agreement between the Authority and the
Government of Jamaica and the draft protocol on the privileges and immunities of
the Authority. Preliminary discussion of the priorities of the Authority during its
initial phase of work, the decisions to be made in relation to the recommendations
of the Preparatory Commission and on follow-up of the Preparatory Commission’s