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Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

Commons · Question 35828 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2025

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Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's timetable is for ratifying the United Nations Global Ocean Treaty.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 18 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,...