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

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The Left37

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S&D140

1250015100%

Greens/EFA72

671

The European Parliament adopted by 556 votes to 36, with 38 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, 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.Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.As a reminder, the High Seas Treaty, or formally known as the Agreement on Law of the Sea in the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), was concluded on 4th March 2023 in New York and adopted by UN Parties on 19 June 2023. It took almost 20 years to…