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The High Seas treaty aims to address the regulatory gaps, [18] by promoting coherence and coordination with and among existing institutions, frameworks, and bodies. [19] The areas beyond national jurisdiction comprise the 'high seas' (water column) and the ‘area’ (seabeds), making up about two-thirds of the ocean.
UNCLOS replaced the four treaties of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas. UNCLOS came into force in 1994, a year after Guyana became the 60th nation to ratify the treaty. [ 1 ] In 2023, agreement was reached on a High Seas Treaty to be added as an instrument of the convention, to protect ocean life in international waters.
High seas highlighted in dark blue. The treaty is divided into 37 articles: Article 1: Definition of "high seas". Article 2: Statement of principles; Article 3: Access to the sea for landlocked states; Articles 4–7: the concept of a Flag State; Article 8: Warships; Article 9: Other ships in government service; Articles 10–12: Safety, rescue
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty on Saturday, March 4, 2023, to protect biodiversity in the high seas — nearly half the planet’s surface. (AP Photo ...
The Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas is an agreement that was designed to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited.
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas; Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), Washington, DC, 1973; Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution; Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, Washington, DC ...
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The declaration also called for protecting oceans, restoring degraded marine ecosystems by 2030, finalising the global plastic pollution treaty, ratifying the high-seas biodiversity treaty, developing coastal climate adaptation plans, and strengthening support for sustainable "blue economies". [16]