[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 9784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03670]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11658]


Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting

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SUMMARY: The Department of State will hold an information session 
regarding upcoming United Nations negotiations concerning marine 
biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

DATES: The public meeting will be held via WebEx on February 23, 2022, 
3:00--4:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to participate in 
this meeting, please send your (1) name, (2) organization/affiliation, 
and (3) email address and phone number, to Erika Carlsen at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State will hold a public 
meeting at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, to prepare for 
the fourth session of an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the 
conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of 
areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ). This public meeting will be 
held by way of WebEx, with a capacity of up to 1000 members of the 
public to participate. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting 
coordinator, Erika Carlsen, by email at [email protected] for log on 
and dial-in information, and to request reasonable accommodation. 
Requests for reasonable accommodation received after February 18, 2022, 
will be considered but might not be possible to fulfill.
    The United Nations will convene the fourth session of the BBNJ IGC 
on March 7-18, 2022, in New York City. The UN General Assembly 
established the IGC to consider the recommendations of a two-year 
Preparatory Committee and to elaborate the text of an international 
legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the 
Law of Sea on BBNJ. The previously scheduled fourth session of the IGC 
was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Additional information 
on the BBNJ process is available at www.un.org/bbnj.
    We are inviting interested stakeholders to this virtual public 
meeting to share views about the BBNJ IGC, in particular to provide 
information to assist the U.S. Government in developing its positions. 
We will provide a brief overview of the upcoming discussions and listen 
to the viewpoints of U.S. stakeholders. The information obtained from 
this session will help the U.S. delegation prepare for participation in 
the fourth IGC session.

Zachary A. Parker,
Director, Office of Directives Management, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-03670 Filed 2-18-22; 8:45 am]
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