ATLAS is pleased to be part of a side event taking place during the second session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on BBNJ which takes place from 25 March to 5 April. This conference will discuss an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).

The side event will take place on 26 March from 1.15 pm to 2.30 pm, and is being co-organised by the International Coastal and Ocean Organisation (Secretariat of the Global Ocean Forum, GOF), the Permanent Mission of Monaco to the United Nations, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan, and ATLAS.

The purpose of the side event is to be of assistance to States in the BBNJ process in crafting an effective and well supported system of BBNJ capacity development and technology transfer, bringing together global, regional and national levels of governance.

For more information, please see the event flyer.