Carvahlo will be the first woman, first person from Latin America, and first oceanographer to lead the International Seabed Authority. She will oversee the final negotiations of the deep-sea mining code.

I am glad I follow you for a few reasons, but among them is that without these posts, I'd probably never hear/learn about these things.

With a vote of 79-34, this is an overwhelming rejection of Michael Lodge's leadership. His tenure was marked with accusations of being too cozy with the mining companies that the ISA would eventually regulate as well as several ethics scandals.