NGOs praise international efforts to protect the oceans
UN PrepCom held its first meeting to settle an international agreement on marine biodiversity. (Image: High Seas Alliance)
(WORLDWIDE, 4/11/2016)
The first United Nations Preparatory Committee (UN PrepCom) aimed at forging an agreement to determine how nations move forward to protect the high seas has concluded on a very positive note after two weeks’ negotiations.
The organisation High Seas Alliance (HAS) informed that these negotiations are the first of four PrepCom sessions through the end of 2017, which will hopefully lead to a formal intergovernmental treaty conference in 2018.
“With active participation of civil society, we have now begun to engage in the details of crucial elements, and we will be actively engaged to ensure that the treaty provisions are robust,” remarked Peggy Kalas, HSA Coordinator.
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