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UN approves first international treaty to protect high seas

[20/06/2023 01:42]

New York - Saba
The United Nations announced the adoption of the first ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas on Monday, in a landmark environmental agreement designed to protect remote ecosystems essential to humanity.

Addressing the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction , the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed as a "historic achievement" the treaty that will establish a legal framework to extend swathes of environmental protections to international waters, which make up more than 60 percent of the world's oceans

"The ocean is the lifeblood of our planet and today you have pumped new life and hope to give the ocean a fighting chance," he told delegates.