The Secretariat is seeking a report writer/s for meetings of ASCOBANS and the IOSEA Marine Turtle MOU.  Apply through the UN Careers portal by 16 January 2024.

The 28th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee (AC28) took place from 26 to 28 September 2023 in Bonn, Germany, at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).  The meeting discussed key issues such as cetacean watching industry, recreational sea use, pollution and hazardous substances, ship strikes, climate change, MPAs and other protected areas.

The Sixth Meeting of the Sessional Committee of the Scientific Council (ScC-SC6) will be held from 18 to 21 July 2023 at the UNEP/CMS Secretariat premises in Bonn, Germany. As ScC-SC6 being the last meeting of the Scientific Council before the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS (COP14), its main objective will be to provide advice on scientific and technical matters to the COP.