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• Agenda of the Preparatory Commission ()
• Programme of work of the Preparatory Commission ()
• Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Revised aid to discussions and negotiations prepared by the Co-Chairs ()
• Financial rules governing the funding of the Conference of the Parties to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction and the funding of the secretariat and any subsidiary bodies: Revised aid to discussions and negotiations prepared by the Co-Chairs ()
• Arrangements with the Global Environment Facility to give effect to the relevant provisions on funding of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Revised aid to discussions and negotiations prepared by the Co-Chairs ()
• Draft terms of reference for an informal group on the technical aspects of the operationalization of the Clearing-House Mechanism under the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Note by the Co-Chairs ()
• Arrangements to enhance cooperation with relevant legal instruments and frameworks and relevant global, regional, subregional and sectoral bodies: Note by the Secretariat ()
• Reporting requirements pursuant to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Note by the Secretariat ()
• Operationalization of other provisions on financial resources and mechanism under the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Note by the Secretariat ()

• Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Preparatory Commission at the closing of the second session (Advance, unedited)
• Proposed organization of work (Note: Revised owing to Conference Room change)
• Information for participants (A/AC.296/2025/INF/2)
• Matrix on the terms of reference and modalities for the operation of, and rules of procedure for, the subsidiary bodies established under the Agreement: Note by the Co-Chairs (A/AC.296/2025/INF/3)
• Matrix on the arrangements for the secretariats of selected instruments representative of each of the secretariat models: Note by the Secretariat (A/AC.296/2025/INF/4)
• Flow Chart: The Clearing-House Mechanism under the Agreement
• Guiding questions prepared by the Co-Chairs
• Side events during the second session

* For information on credentials and registration for the second session, please visit the following page: Credentials and Registration.

Schedule change - 29 August 2025:

• Conference Room 4, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.:
  • Reporting back on parallel meetings
  • Informal Working Group I to consider Rules of Procedure for the Conference of the Parties (focusing on Sections III, III bis and IX)
• Conference Room 2, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.:
  • Informal Working Group III to consider the operationalization of other provisions on financial resources and mechanism (special fund, scale of assessed contributions, and guidance on overall strategies, policies, programme priorities and eligibility for access to and utilization of financial resources)
  • Informal Working Group II to consider the revised terms of reference for an informal group on the technical aspects of the operationalization of the Clearing-House Mechanism
• Conference Room 4, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.:
  • Plenary meeting
    • Reporting on parallel meetings
    • Other matters (item 7), including provisional guidance to the Global Environment Facility ninth replenishment process
    • Credentials of representatives (item 6)
    • Closure (item 8)

• Online briefing by the Co-Chairs of the Preparatory Commission on 21 July 2025 (Recording)

PrepCom II Cooperation arrangements with relevant legal instruments and frameworks, and relevant global, regional and subregional bodies

PrepCom II statements and written input