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-fifth Meeting (23 to 27 June 2025)


        General information:

       Documents of the Meeting, published as they become available:

    • SPLOS/35/L.1 - Provisional agenda

    • SPLOS/35/2 - Annual Report of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for 2024

    • SPLOS/35/3 - Report on budgetary matters for the financial periods 2023 and 2024: Presented by the Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

    • SPLOS/35/4 - Report of the external auditor for the financial period 2024, with financial statements of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as at 31 December 2024: Presented by the Tribunal

    • SPLOS/35/5 - Nomination of a member and an alternate member to the staff pension committee of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Note by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

    • SPLOS/35/6 - Letter dated 11 April 2025 from the Chair of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf addressed to the President of the thirty-fifth Meeting of States Parties

    • SPLOS/35/7 - Election of members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf - Note by the Secretary-General

    • SPLOS/35/8 - List of candidates nominated for election to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and statement of qualifications - Note by the Secretary-General

    • SPLOS/35/CRP.1 - Complete curriculum vitae of the candidate nominated by a State party for the election of members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf - Note by the Secretary-General

 

       Statements by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Seabed Authority and the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf:

    • 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 10(a): Chairperson of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf - Statement

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


       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/34/12 -  Report of the thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties

    • SPLOS/34/15 - Report of the thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties resumed to elect members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

    • A/RES/79/144 - 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