General Assembly Holds 56th Plenary Meeting on Oceans and Law of the Sea

A Representative of Norway introduces a draft resolution on "Sustainable fisheries" during the 56th plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Oceans and the law of the sea. The Assembly also discussed Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments, as well as 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.