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The intergovernmental conference (IGC) convened a total of six sessions in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 to negotiate the text for the BBNJ legal instrument: [24] During the first session in September 2018, the concept of 'Beyond National Jurisdiction' seemed to have a greater influence on positions taken than the direct concerns regarding ...
The UN Members states concluded the negotiations of the agreement on 3 March 2023. [31] The adoption of the agreement is scheduled for 19–20 June 2023, [10] and the agreement will enter into force once it has been ratified by 60 states. What the new BBNJ Treaty will mean for fisheries management in the high seas remains unclear at this point.
In June 2023, the UN adopted the United Nations agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), also called "High Seas Treaty". It concerns the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, following maritime jurisdictions established under the United Nations ...
25 April-6 May 2022 “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent” [14] Twenty-second 17-28 April 2023 “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach” [15] Twenty-third session 15-26 ...
Szczepan Skibicki of the Military Museum of Białystok in Poland found a sword during a swim in the Supraśl river in 2022. An official said the object, which dates back to the 9th century, is one ...
Membership fees brought in $4.8 billion in the previous fiscal year, which ended Sept. 1, 2024, and $1.5 billion for the previous three months, the company reported in September. The company said ...
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme was established as a working group of the Arctic Council in 1991. [1] Its main function is to advise the governments of the eight Arctic member nations [2] —Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States—on environment-related issues such as pollution. [2]
The U.S. housing market has been in a sales slump dating back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. ... down this year after the average rate on a 30-year home loan ...