Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 32908

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Barry Gardiner

LabourBrent West

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's progress in ratifying the Global Oceans Treaty ahead of the United Nations Oceans Conference in June 2025.

Answer

Catherine West
The Government is completely committed to ratification 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 (BBNJ Agreement,...

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