Inside the New High Seas Treaty

On 20 September 2023, the United Nations opened its new agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction—also known as the BBNJ treaty or high seas ... Read More

UN chief calls rising seas a 'worldwide catastrophe' that especially imperils Pacific paradises

This time he said those initials stand for “save our seas.” The United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization ... a hundred local high school students and activists from across ... Read More

UN chief calls rising seas a ‘worldwide catastrophe’

This time he said those initials stand for “save our seas.” The United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization ... a hundred local high school students and activists from across ... Read More

India to sign High Seas Treaty at 79th session of U.N. General Assembly

India is set to sign the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement, also known as the High Seas Treaty, at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly next month. The ... Read More

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Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed. By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa As China pushes to dominate the South China Sea ... Read More

India to sign High Seas Treaty in September, joining global effort to protect ocean biodiversity

The agreement, “the first cohesive, international and legally binding framework to protect biodiversity on the High Seas,” negotiated for two decades under the aegis of the United Nations ... Read More

India will sign High Seas Treaty next month: MoES advisor

CHENNAI: India will sign the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement, also called High Seas Treaty, in the next general assembly of the United Nations to be held in September ... Read More

India to sign High Seas Treaty in UN General Assembly next month

also called High Seas Treaty, in the next General Assembly of the United Nations to be held next month. He was speaking at a high-level two-day workshop that began here on Tuesday focusing on the ... Read More

Un chief's 'SOS' for Pacific paradise: The seas are getting hot

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ... Guterres highlighted alarming findings from a World Meteorological Organization report, which revealed that ocean temperatures in the South ... Read More

Trump zeroes in on national security at first outdoor rally since assassination attempt: 'World is on fire'

Former President Trump said he "stopped wars with phone calls" while commander in chief during his first outdoor rally since ... security and how "the entire world was safer when I sat behind ... Read More

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The move escalates a fight with China and world antidoping officials, and will cast a shadow over the Paris Olympics. Chinese state news and social media has been virtually silent about 23 ... Read More