Meetings of States Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea



United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

MEETING OF STATES PARTIES

Thirty-third Meeting (12-16 June 2023)

General information:


    Documents of the Meeting, published as they become available:


  • SPLOS/33/L.1/Rev.1 - Revised Provisional agenda

  • SPLOS/33/1 - Agenda

  • SPLOS/33/2 - Annual report of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for 2022

  • SPLOS/33/3 - Report on budgetary matters for the financial periods 2021 and 2022: Presented by the Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

  • SPLOS/33/4 - Report of the external auditor for the financial period 2022, with financial statements of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as at 31 December 2022 (Presented by the Tribunal)

  • SPLOS/33/5 - Election of seven members of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: List of candidates nominated by States parties: Note by the Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 

  • SPLOS/33/6 - Curricula vitae of candidates nominated by States Parties for election to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Note by the Registrar

  • SPLOS/33/7 - Election of seven members of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Note by the Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on the election procedures

  • SPLOS/33/8 - Election of seven members of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Note by the Secretary-General

  • SPLOS/33/9 - Draft supplementary budget proposals of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for the budget period 2023 – 2024: Presented by the Tribunal

  • SPLOS/33/10 - Letter dated 11 April 2023 from the Chair of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf addressed to the President of the thirty-third Meeting of States Parties  

  • SPLOS/33/11 - Credentials of representatives to the thirty-third Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  • SPLOS/33/12 - Decision on the pattern of elections and of the commencement of the term of office of members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf  
  • SPLOS/33/13 - Decisions on budgetary matters of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for the period 2023–2024 

  • SPLOS/33/14 - Note verbale dated 15 June 2023 from the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat 

  • SPLOS/33/15 - Report of the thirty-third Meeting of States Parties 

  • SPLOS/33/16 - Note verbale dated 15 August 2023 from the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat 

  • SPLOS/33/INF/1/Rev.1 - Revised list of delegations

Communication related to SPLOS/33/5:


  • Note Verbale dated 13 June 2023 from the Registrar to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea transmitting a note verbale dated 12 June 2023 from the Permanent Mission of Uruguay concerning the withdrawal of a candidate for the election of seven members of the Tribunal  

Statements by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the International Seabed Authority:


  • Agenda item 8: Statement by the President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: English | French 

  • Agenda item 9: Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority - Statement

  • Agenda item 11: Statement by the Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: English | French 

Statements by the Co-Coordinators of the Open-ended Working Group on the Conditions of Service of the Members of the Commissions:


  • Agenda item 10(b): Statements by the Co-Coordinators of the Open-ended Working Group on the Conditions of Service of the Members of the Commissions - First Report

  • Agenda item 10(b): Statements by the Co-Coordinators of the Open-ended Working Group on the Conditions of Service of the Members of the Commissions - Second report

Additional documents referred to in the agenda of the thirty-third Meeting of States Parties:


  • A/77/331 - Oceans and the law of the sea – Report of the Secretary-General 

  • A/78/67 - Oceans and the law of the sea – Report of the Secretary-General 


Other reference documents:


  • SPLOS/2/Rev.5 - Rules of Procedure for Meetings of States Parties

  • SPLOS/201 - Arrangement for the allocation of seats on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

  • SPLOS/316 - Report of the twenty-seventh Meeting of States Parties

  • SPLOS/32/15 - Report of the thirty-second Meeting of States Parties

  • A/RES/77/248 - Oceans and the law of the sea - Resolution by the General Assembly

Secretariat contact:

Secretary of the Meeting of States Parties
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
Office of Legal Affairs
Room DC2-0450
United Nations
New York, New York 10017
USA

Telephone: (212) 963-3962
Facsimile: (212) 963-5847
E-mail: DOALOS