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’), or High Seas Treaty, was signed in New York on Wednesday 20 September.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, signed it on behalf of the EU (see EUROPE B13215A10).
67 countries signed the treaty on the first day, including the United...