UN to finally adopt high seas treaty
The UN is set today to adopt the world’s first international treaty to protect the remote ecosystems of the high seas. – AFP pic, June 19, 2023.
THE world’s first international treaty to protect the high seas is due to be adopted today at the United Nations, a historic environmental accord designed to protect remote ecosystems vital to mankind. “It will be a huge accomplishment, one that we’ve already celebrated with the finalisation of the text in March. But the adoption formalises that, and really sets the pathway for the next steps,” Liz Karan, of the NGO Pew Charitable Trusts, told AFP.
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