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Sri Lanka participates in High Level Panel on capacity building for developing States at the International Seabed Authority

Date: 
Thursday, 25 July 2019

A Special Commemorative Session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) was held in Kingston, Jamaica on 25 July 2019. Following a solemn ceremony, a high-level panel on strengthening capacity-building opportunities and initiatives for developing States was held, chaired by the President of Nauru, Hon. Mr. Baron Waqa. The panel also comprised of Mr. Jens Frolich Holte, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Norway, H.E Carlos Den Hartog, Permanent Representative of Brazil to ISA, Mrs. Rena Lee of Singapore, Mrs. Sonali Samarasinghe, Minister, Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN, and H.E Satyendra Prasad, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN.