Side Event on the BBNJ PrepCom to launch the Living High Seas initiative
At the invitation of the Living High Seas, Ambassador Lippwe participated in a side event at the margins of the BBNJ PrepCom to launch the Living High Seas initiative which brings together pioneering countries, including Micronesia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Indonesia and Senegal to co-develope the first generation…
Press release from the Permanent Mission of Micronesia to the United Nations on the Commemoration of the Entry into Force of the BBNJ Agreement
January 19, 2026 Micronesia today joins the international community in commemorating the entry into force 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 (BBNJ Agreement). This…
Side Event during the Preparatory Commission Meeting
Traditional Knowledge and State Action: A Roadmap for BBNJ Implementation Statement by H.E. Jeem S. Lippwe Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia New York, 17 April 2025 Distinguished colleagues, esteemed participants, and valued knowledge holders, As we come to the close of this insightful discussion…
FSM deposits instrument of ratification for BBNJ Agreement
June 3, 2024 (New York, FSMUN) – In a brief ceremony today, Ambassador Jeem S. Lippwe, the Permanent Representative of FSM to the United Nations in New York, deposited FSM’s instrument of ratification for the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea…
SIDS4 – Side event: SIDS Leadership in the Race to Ratification
Remarks by H.E. Jeem S. Lippwe Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the UN St. John’s, 30 May 2024 Moderator, I would like to first thank the organizers of this event for the opportunity to say a few words. The Pacific has played an…
Supplementary input to the BBNJ Preparatory Committee, December 5, 2016
Supplementary input to the BBNJ Preparatory Committee, December 5, 2016 Click here for the Full Text in pdf file format
Input to the first meeting of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee
Input to the first meeting of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee New York, March 14, 2016 Views of the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of…
