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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-sixth Meeting (15 to 19 June 2026)


        General information:

       Documents of the Meeting, published as they become available:


    • - Agenda

    • - Annual report of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for 2025

    • - Report on budgetary matters for the financial period 2025; Presented by the Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

    • - Report of the external auditor for the financial period 2025, with financial statements of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as at 31 December 2025: Presented by the Tribunal
    • Table on the status of contributions as at 31 May 2026

    • - Draft budget proposals of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for the budget period 2027–2028: Presented by the Tribunal

    • - Election of seven members of the Tribunal - List of candidates nominated by States Parties: Note by the Registrar of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

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

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

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

    • - Election of seven members of the Tribunal: Note by the Secretary-General on the conduction of election and terms of office

    • - Letter dated 31 March 2026 from the Chair of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf addressed to the President of the thirty-sixth Meeting of States Parties

    • - Credentials of representatives to the thirty-sixth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

    • - Decision on budgetary matters of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for the period 2027–2028

    • - Report of the thirty-sixth Meeting of States Parties

 

       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

       Statements by the Co-Coordinator of the Open-ended Working Group on the Conditions of Service of the Members of the Commission:

    • Agenda item 10(b): Statement by the Co-Coordinator of the Open-ended Working Group on the Conditions of Service of the Members of the Commission - First Report

    • Agenda item 10(b): Statement by the Co-Coordinator of the Open-ended Working Group on the Conditions of Service of the Members of the Commission - Second Report


       Statements by Delegations:

    • Statements

      Note: this file only contains statements made available by delegations for publication. The statements were made available on a 'Check against delivery' basis.


       Other reference documents:

    •  - Rules of Procedure for Meetings of States Parties

    •  - 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

    • -  Report of the thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties

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

    • - Oceans and the law of the sea - Resolution by the General Assembly

 

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

  • - Oceans and the law of the sea – Report of the Secretary-General 

  •   - Oceans and the law of the sea – Report of the Secretary-General 


       Other reference documents:

  •  - Rules of Procedure for Meetings of States Parties

  •  - 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

  • -  Report of the thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties

  • - Report of the thirty-fifth Meeting of States Parties

  • - 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
E-mail: DOALOS