The Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity) will meet in August 2013, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. It will be preceded by two intersessional workshops that will be convened in New York from 2-3 May and 6-7 May 2013.  

dates: 19-23 August 2013  
venue: UN Headquarters  
location: New York City, US  
contact: Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea  
phone: +1 212-963-3962  
fax: +1 212-963-5847  
e-mail: doalos@un.org  
www: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/biodiversityworkinggroup/biodiversityworkinggroup.htm