Publication Date:
2020-09-18
Description:
On 24 December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly, via its resolution 72/249, decided to convene an intergovernmental conference (IGC) to finalise the text of a legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (the BBNJ negotiations). The IGC was mandated to meet “initially with respect to 2018, 2019 and the first half of 2020…for four sessions of a duration of 10 working days each”.1 The last session, originally scheduled for March 2020, was postponed due to the measures adopted to combat COVID-19.2 This article discusses the progress so far, focusing on the third IGC meeting, which convened in UN Headquarters in New York from 19– 30 August 2019.3 It further analyses the main obstacles to a timely, successful conclusion of the exercise that would result in a new global treaty to govern the world’s oceans.
Print ISSN:
0378-777X
Electronic ISSN:
1878-5395
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
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Political Science
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Law
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