Agreement on protection of the high seas reached at the United Nations!
Member states have finally agreed on the first international treaty to combat threats to vital ecosystems for humanity. But it will be formally adopted at a later date. "The ship has reached the shore” was the image that Rena Lee (the president of the intergovernmental) used during the conference being held at the United Nations headquarters, announced, on Saturday 4th of March. After more than 15 years of discussions, including four years of formal negotiations, the third "last" session in New York was finally the right one, or almost. Delegates finalised the now substantively frozen text, but it will be formally adopted at a later date after it has been vetted by legal services and translated into the six official UN languages. The exact content of the text wa…
