Marine biodiversity: France welcomes the conclusion of an ambitious treaty for the protection of the high seas (05.03.23)

Joint communique issued by the ministry for Europe and Foreign affairs and the office of the minister of state for marine affairs, attached to the prime minister France welcomes the historic agreement reached today on the Treaty on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction, i.e. on the high seas (the so-called BBNJ process), at the fifth session of intergovernmental negotiations held at United Nations headquarters in New York from 20 (…)