Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

 

Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

(Resumed Review Conference on the UN Fish Stocks Agreement 2023)

Monday, 22 May - Friday, 26 May
UNHQ | New York

Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 77/118, the Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (the Agreement) will be resumed at United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 22 to 26 May 2023.

Background

The Agreement was adopted on 4 August 1995 by the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks and opened for signature on 4 December 1995. It entered into force on 11 December 2001. Pursuant to article 36 of the Agreement, and in accordance with paragraph 16 of General Assembly resolution 59/25, the Secretary-General convened a review conference on the Agreement four years after its entry into force.

The Review Conference, held in New York from 22 to 26 May 2006, was mandated to assess the effectiveness of the Agreement in securing the conservation and management of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks by reviewing and assessing the adequacy of its provisions and, if necessary, proposing means of strengthening the substance and methods of implementation of those provisions in order better to address any continuing problems in the conservation and management of those stocks

The Review Conference was subsequently resumed at United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 24 to 28 May 2010, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 63/112 of 5 December 2008 and resolution 64/72 of 4 December 2009, and from 23 to 27 May 2016, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/75.

Resumed Review Conference on the UN Fish Stocks Agreement 2023

The 2023 Resumed Review Conference takes place as the Agreement under UNCLOS on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) is being concluded.

The meeting will assess the effectiveness of the Agreement in securing the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, reviewing the implementation of recommendations related to the conservation and management of stocks; mechanisms for international cooperation and non-members; monitoring, control, and surveillance and compliance and enforcement; and developing states and non-parties.

FAO at the 2023 Resumed Review Conference on the UN Fish Stocks Agreement

Concept note and Agenda


FAO INTERVENTION UNDER AGENDA ITEM 10(A)

Monday, 22 May
UNHQ

'Review of the implementations relating to monitoring, control and surveillance, and compliance and enforcement'

FAO intervention


FAO INTRODUCTION FOR AGENDA ITEM 9

Monday, 22 May
UNHQ

'Consideration of the report on the status of the Assistance Fund'

FAO introduction


SIDE EVENT

Tuesday, 23 May | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT) | hybrid event
UNHQ | Conference Room 4

'A regional framework among regional fishery bodies: scaling up cooperation and coordination towards sustainable fisheries'

Concept note and Agenda | Live webcast |More on FAO and regional fishery bodies


FAO INTERVENTION UNDER AGENDA ITEM 10(A)

Tuesday, 24 May
UNHQ

'Review of implementations relating to the conservation and management of stocks and the review of implementation of recommendations relating to mechanisms for international cooperation and non-members'

FAO intervention


SIDE EVENT

Wednesday, 24 May | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT) | hybrid event
UNHQ | Conference Room 4

'The Common Oceans Program - A global partnership supporting UNFSA'

Concept note and agenda | Live webcast | More on Common Oceans Programme | Wrap-up side event news story