At the elections held today in the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), Fiji was re-elected to the Council of the ISA for a four year period commencing on 1 January, 2015.

The Council is the executive organ of the ISA. It is made up of 36 Member States elected by the ISA membership as a whole.

In its statement at the General Debate of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica today, the Fiji delegation reaffirmed the ISA's inescapable responsibility to safeguard the ocean's environmental integrity.

A special session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) was held in Kingston, Jamaica today, to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the International Seabed Authority. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller of Jamaica opened the special session and paid tribute to the founders of the Authority and the far-sighted diplomats who created the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).