Countries reach deal on UN treaty to protect high seas
Negotiators from more than 100 countries completed a UN treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday, a long-awaited step that environmental groups say will help reverse marine biodiversity losses and ensure sustainable development.
The legally binding agreement to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of ocean biodiversity was agreed to after five rounds of protracted United Nations-led negotiations that ended in New York on Saturday, a day after the original deadline. “The ship has reached the shore,” the UN conference president, Rena Lee, said after a marathon final day of talks.
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