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Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

Commons · Question 33677 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will ratify the agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 7 Mar 2025

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,...