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Historic pact reached to protect oceans as 10-year stalemate ends

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Atlantic ocean's waves are pictured off in Lege-Cap Ferret, Southwestern France on March 11, 2022. UN member states on March 4, 2023 agreed to a text on the first international treaty after 10 years of negotiations to protect the high seas. PHOTO | OLIVIER MORIN | AFP

By  BBC

Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world’s oceans following 10 years of negotiations.

The High Seas Treaty agreement was reached on the evening of March 11, 2023 at the United Nations headquarters in New York after 38 hours of talks.

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