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Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

Commons · Question 19806 · Tabled 12 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2024

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Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ratify the Global Oceans Treaty.

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 17 Dec 2024

The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...