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:
Notification: Convening of the thirty-third Meeting of States Parties English | French
Provisional organization of work - Note: this table is tentative and subject to change. It will be before the Meeting of States Parties for approval under agenda item 7, on the first day of the meeting.
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
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
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