After 15 years of disagreement, failures and stalled formal and informal talks, there is finally a UN high seas treaty that will help to protect vast swathes of the planet's oceans.
"The ship has reached the shore," UN conference president Rena Lee announced after a marathon final day of talks between negotiators from more than 100 countries. Delegates worked through Friday night and into Saturday, arguing over sensitive political issues like how to share newly discovered resources between developed and developing nations.
hannahtpsky Does theresacoff et al know about this?
hannahtpsky except china wont be part of the treaty though, due to scientific research ( whales, crustaceans, fish life, )
like the UN human rights one that helps women in arabic countries
Imagine being a scouse
Did china join? If not this is worthless
Are Un-high seas, low seas?
Yeah because China & Russia are really going to abide by this.
Did the UK sign it? If so you could never trust they’d stand by it 2 years down the line. untrustworthyplayers
What a massive waste of time and money when countries like China, russia and India account for 80% of the waste and can not be held accountable, can not be punished, can not be prevented from dumping and have a history of being liars. This is just nonsense.
From wind farms and the whales and dolphins they kill?