Table 4. Timing for the first Regular Process assessment cycle (IOC-UNESCO,2009)
| 2012 - Rio+20, WSSD+10 |
| 2014 - twenty years on from UNCLOS entry into force |
| 2015/2016 - Commission on Sustainable Development reports on Oceans |
| 2010 - 2015 - important WSSD goals |
| 2010 - 2014 is the appropriate time frame for the first cycle of a Regular Process |
Source:
GESAMP, 
Proceedings of the GESAMP International Workshop
on micro- plastic particles as a vector in transporting persistent, bio- accumulating and toxic substances in the oceans.
28-30th June 2010, UNESCO-IOC, 5.3 UN global assessment processes, p. 35
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Other Figures & Tables on this publication:
Table 1. Densities of ‘anthropogenic marine debris’ reported from beaches throughout the world. Adapted from Bravo et al. (2009).
Table 2. ‘Top ten’ marine debris items; adapted from UNEP (2009a), compiled from
annual ICC data reports, Center for Marine Conservation/Ocean Conservancy (1989-
2007).
Table 3. MARPOL 73/78, ANNEX V: summary of proposed amendments and permitted discharges.
Table 4. Timing for the first Regular Process assessment cycle (IOC-UNESCO,2009)
Fig. 2. Ocean regions considered in the Assessment of Assessments
