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Side event, entitled "The role of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in sustainable development" held on 3 February 2014 during the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.
On 3 February 2014, on the margins of the eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, organized a side event, entitled "The role of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in sustainable development". The event aimed to address, in particular, the social, economic and environmental dimensions of UNCLOS and show how these aspects are delicately balanced within UNCLOS. In this regard, attention was drawn to the benefits of an effective implementation of UNCLOS and its implementing agreements for the achievement of sustainable development. The side event also aimed at providing information on the relevant goals set by the General Assembly in its annual resolution on oceans and the law of the sea, and the work of the processes it has established to assist it in its consideration of ocean affairs and the law of the sea, including 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.
From left to right: Mr. Larry Awosika, Chairman, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; Ms. Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, OLA/DOALOS; Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, United Nations Legal Counsel; H.E. Mr. Eden Charles, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Trinidad & Tobago to the United Nations; Mr. David Freestone, Professor of International Law and Former Deputy General Counsel of the World Bank.
Moderated by Ms. Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, OLA/DOALOS, the event featured three panellists:
H.E. Mr. Eden Charles
Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Trinidad & Tobago to the United Nations;
Mr. Larry Awosika, Chairman
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; and
Mr. David Freestone
Professor of International Law and Former Deputy General Counsel of the World Bank.
Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, United Nations Legal Counsel, made introductory remarks.
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