Report of the third Intergovernmental Consultation on the Establishment of a Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission, Nairobi, Kenya, 27–30 January 2004/  Rapport de la troisième Consultation intergouvernementale sur la création d’une Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l’océan Indien, Nairobi, Kenya, 27–30 janvier 2004

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Report of the third Intergovernmental Consultation on the Establishment of a Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission, Nairobi, Kenya, 27–30 January 2004/ Rapport de la troisième Consultation intergouvernementale sur la création d’une Commission des pêches pour le sud-ouest de l’océan Indien, Nairobi, Kenya, 27–30 janvier 2004

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This document is the final report of the Third Intergovernmental Consultation on the Establishment of a Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 27 to 30 January 2004. The Consultation was attended by delegates from fifteen FAO Member countries, one international non-governmental organization, two international development agencies and the United Nations Development Programme. For waters under the sovereignty of coastal States, the Consultation agreed that a re gional body for the management and development of coastal fisheries, with advisory powers only, be set up under Article VI of the FAO Constitution. For the high seas, it agreed that there should be a separate instrument, outside of the FAO, with the power to take binding decisions on conservation and management measures. The Consultation recognized the right of involvement of coastal States in the high seas instrument and identified linkages between the proposed coastal State and the high seas a rrangements. The Consultation also agreed on the draft text for a resolution to the FAO Council and for the statutes of a regional body for the management and development of coastal fisheries. Possible elements of a draft agreement for the high seas were briefly discussed.