After negotiating for nearly a decade, the United Nations member states have reached a historic treaty to protect the world’s oceans.
The agreement was reached on 4th March 2023 after 38 hours of discussions at the UN headquarters in New York. However, the new treaty was agreed upon after 40 years of the last ocean treaty, which protected 1.2% of the world’s high seas. Read more
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