About ISA

• The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
• ISA is the organization through which States Parties to UNCLOS organize and control all mineral-resources-related activities in the Area for the benefit of humankind as a whole. 
• In so doing, ISA has the mandate to ensure the effective protection of the marine environment from harmful effects that may arise from deep-seabed-related activities.
• ISA, which has its headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, came into existence in 1994, upon the entry into force of UNCLOS. 
• All States Parties to UNCLOS are ipso facto members of ISA. ISA has more than 160 Members (including India).