Members will recall that in April 2020, in response to a request from UN-DOALOS, the Secretariat circulated a proposed contribution to their workshop on bottom fishing and VMEs (COMM CIRC 20/44–SC CIRC 20/42). The Secretariat received one comment on the text of the proposed contribution. The amended contribution was forwarded to UN-DOALOS and informed their report (A/75/157 of 14 July 2020).

UN-DOALOS have now requested permission to post the full contribution (attached to this circ) on its website. The Secretariat requests any Member which does not agree to this request to inform us by 18 January 2021, after which time we will respond to UN-DOALOS accordingly.