Oceans and the Law of the Sea Report of the Secretary-General, 2022

In paragraph 356 of its resolution 76/72, the General Assembly decided that the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea would focus its discussions at its twenty-second meeting on the theme "Ocean observing". The present report was prepared pursuant to paragraph 371 of that resolution with a view to facilitating discussions on the topic of focus. It is being submitted to the Assembly for consideration at its seventy-seventh session and to the States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, pursuant to article 319 of the Convention.