Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
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In accordance with the provisions of article 2 of Annex II to the Convention, "the Commission shall consist of twenty-one members who shall be experts in the field of geology, geophysics or hydrography, elected by States Parties to the Convention from among their nationals, having due regard to the need to ensure equitable geographical representation, who shall serve in their personal capacities".
On 15, 16 and 17 June 2022, the Thirty-second Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea elected 20 members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for a term of five years, commencing on 16 June 2023 and ending on 15 June 2028.
On 2 June 2023, Mr. Mateusz Damrat resigned from the Commission before the beginning of his term on 16 June 2023. On 28 November 2023, the resumed Thirty-third Meeting of States Parties elected Mr. Michał Tomczak (Poland) for the remainder of the term of Mr. Damrat, until 15 June 2028. On 26 December 2023, the Secretariat received a note verbale from the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, informing the Secretariat of the passing of Mr. Ivan Glumov on 20 December 2023. Elections to fill the two vacant seats allocated to the Group of Eastern European States for the same term will be held at the thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties (10-14 June 2024).
The members of the Commission are:
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF |
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2023-2028 |
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Name | Nationality | Curriculum vitae |
Al-Azri, Adnan Rashid Nasser | Oman | SPLOS/32/10 |
Apaalse, Lawrence Asangongo | Ghana | SPLOS/32/10 |
Brekke, Harald | Norway | SPLOS/32/10 |
Carandang, Efren Perez | Philippines | SPLOS/32/10 |
dos Santos de Campos, Aldino Manuel | Portugal | SPLOS/32/10 |
Garcez Faria, Antonio Fernando | Brazil | SPLOS/32/10 |
[Glumov, Ivan F. – passed away on 20 December 2023] |
Russian Federation | SPLOS/32/10 |
Inniss, Helena | Trinidad and Tobago | SPLOS/32/10 |
Loukili, Miloud | Morocco | SPLOS/32/10 |
Mahanjane, Estevao Stefane | Mozambique | SPLOS/32/10 |
Moreira, Domingos de Carvalho Viana | Angola | SPLOS/32/10 |
Mosher, David Cole | Canada | SPLOS/32/10 |
Njuguna, Simon | Kenya | SPLOS/32/10 |
Randriamiarantsoa, Tolojanahary | Madagascar | SPLOS/32/10 |
Sivaramakrishnan, Rajan | India | SPLOS/32/10 |
Tang, Yong | China | SPLOS/32/10 |
Tomczak, Michał [member elected as of 28 November 2023, for the remainder of the term of Damrat, Mateusz] | Poland | SPLOS/33/CRP.1 |
Troisi, Ariel Hernán | Argentina | SPLOS/32/10 |
Yamazaki, Toshitsugu | Japan | SPLOS/32/10 |
Yáńez Carrizo, Gonzalo Alejandro | Chile | SPLOS/32/10 |
Chair:
Mr. Aldino Campos.
Vice-Chairs:
Messrs. Antonio Fernando Garcez Faria, Simon Njuguna, Yong Tang and Michał Tomczak.
Members: Messrs. Harald Brekke, Domingos de Carvalho Viana Moreira, Michał Tomczak, Ariel Hernán Troisi and Toshitsugu Yamazaki.
The Committee elected Mr. Brekke as its Chair and Mr. Moreira as Vice-Chair.
Members: Mr. Lawrence Asangongo Apaalse, Ms. Helena Inniss and Messrs. David Cole Mosher, Rajan Sivaramakrishnan and Michał Tomczak.
The Committee elected Mr. Mosher as its Chair and Mr. Sivaramakrishnan as Vice-Chair.
Open-ended Committee with Messrs. Lawrence Asangongo Apaalse, Harald Brekke, Rajan Sivaramakrishnan, Michał Tomczak and Gonzalo Alejandro Yáńez Carrizo as
core members.
The Committee elected Mr. Brekke as its Chair and Mr. Yáńez as Vice-Chair.
Former memberships of the Commission