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Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
Members of the Commission

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Members of the Commission

 In accordance with the provisions of article 2 of Annex II to the Convention, "the Commission shall consist of twenty-one members who shall be experts in the field of geology, geophysics or hydrography, elected by States Parties to the Convention from among their nationals, having due regard to the need to ensure equitable geographical representation, who shall serve in their personal capacities".

    On 15, 16 and 17 June 2022, the Thirty-second Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea elected 20 members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for a term of five years, commencing on 16 June 2023 and ending on 15 June 2028.

On 2 June 2023, Mr. Mateusz Damrat resigned from the Commission before the beginning of his term on 16 June 2023. On 28 November 2023, the resumed thirty-third Meeting of States Parties elected Mr. Michał Tomczak (Poland) for the remainder of the term of office, until 15 June 2028. On 26 December 2023, the Secretariat received a note verbale from the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, informing the Secretariat of the passing of Mr. Ivan Glumov on 20 December 2023. On 12 June 2024, the thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties elected Mr. Artem Kireev (Russian Federation), for the remainder of the term of office, until 15 June 2028. One seat allocated to members from the Group of Eastern European States remains vacant due to a lack of nominations.

    On 28 June 2024, Mr. Miloud Loukili, resigned from the Commission. On 27 November 2024, the resumed thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties elected Mr. Ahmed Er Raji (Morocco) for the remainder of the term of office, until 15 June 2028.

    The members of the Commission are:

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF

2023-2028

 
Name Nationality Curriculum vitae
Al-Azri, Adnan Rashid Nasser Oman
Apaalse, Lawrence Asangongo Ghana
Brekke, Harald [resigned, 24 January 2025] Norway
Carandang, Efren Perez Philippines
Damrat, Mateusz [resigned, 2 June 2023] Poland
dos Santos de Campos, Aldino Manuel Portugal
Er Raji, Ahmed [elected on 27 November 2024]                  Morocco SPLOS/34/CRP.2
Garcez Faria, Antonio Fernando Brazil

Glumov, Ivan F. [deceased, 20 December 2023]

Russian Federation
Inniss, Helena Trinidad and Tobago
Kireev, Artem [elected on 12 June 2024] Russian Federation SPLOS/34/CRP.1
Knutsen, Stig-Morten [elected on 26 June 2025] Norway SPLOS/35/CRP.1
Loukili, Miloud [resigned, 28 June 2024] Morocco
Mahanjane, Estevao Stefane Mozambique
Moreira, Domingos de Carvalho Viana Angola
Mosher, David Cole Canada
Njuguna, Simon Kenya
Randriamiarantsoa, Tolojanahary Madagascar
Sivaramakrishnan, Rajan India
Tang, Yong China
Tomczak, Michał [elected on 28 November 2023]                  Poland SPLOS/33/CRP.1
Troisi, Ariel Hernán Argentina
Yamazaki, Toshitsugu Japan
Yàñez Carrizo, Gonzalo Alejandro Chile
 

Officers of the Commission:

Chair:

Mr. Aldino Campos.

During the previous two-and-a-half-year term, the Chair of the Commission was Mr. Aldino Campos, from 15 June 2023 until 15 December 2025.

Vice-Chairs:  

Messrs. Ahmed Er Raji, David Cole Mosher, Rajan Sivaramakrishnan, Michał Tomczak and Ariel Hernán Troisi (from 16 December 2025 until the expiration of the current term of office).

During the previous two-and-a-half-year term, the Vice-Chairs of the Commission were Messrs. David Cole Mosher, Antonio Fernando Garcez Faria, Simon Njuguna, Yong Tang and Michał Tomczak, from 15 June 2023 until 15 December 2025.

 

Subsidiary bodies:

  • Committee on Confidentiality           

Members: Messrs. Artem Kireev, Stig-Morten Knutsen, Domingos Moreira, Yong Tang and Gonzalo Alejandro Yàñez Carrizo.

The Committee elected Mr. Tang as its Chair and Mr. Moreira as Vice-Chair.

  • Committee on provision of scientific and technical advice to coastal States           

Members: Mr. Lawrence Asangongo Apaalse, Ms. Helena Inniss, Messrs. David Cole Mosher, Michał Tomczak and Toshitsugu Yamazaki.

The Committee elected Mr. Mosher as its Chair.

  • Training Committee [currently suspended] 

           During the previous two-and-a-half-year term, this open-ended Committee had Messrs. Lawrence Asangongo Apaalse, David Cole Mosher, Rajan Sivaramakrishnan, Michał Tomczak and Gonzalo Alejandro Yàñez Carrizo as core members.

          

Former memberships of the Commission