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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.
The Convention on the High Seas is an international treaty which codifies the rules of international law relating to the high seas, otherwise known as international waters. [1] The convention was one of four treaties created at the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS I ). [ 2 ]
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.
Governments have no time to lose when it comes to implementing a new global ocean treaty to protect the high seas as threats from human activities intensify, a report by environmental group ...
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 U.N. has adopted the world's first treaty to protect the high seas and preserve marine biodiversity in international waters, marking a milestone after nearly 20 years of effort, U.N. Secretary ...
What is the UN High Seas Treaty and why is it needed? More than 100 EU lawmakers called on Oslo to reject the project, citing the risk "to marine biodiversity and the acceleration of climate change".
On July 16, 2012, 34 Republican Senators signed a letter to U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry pledging to vote against the treaty. [13] Because treaty ratification in the U.S. requires 2/3 of the United States Senate to vote for approval, the 34 signatories are enough to stop treaty ratification.