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U.N. secretary-general urges countries to ratify high-seas biodiversity pact, calls for legally binding plastics treaty
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U.N. Secretary‑General António Guterres urged countries attending the U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice to ratify the agreement on marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction and to secure an "ambitious and legally binding treaty on plastic pollution" this year.
U.N. Secretary‑General António Guterres urged countries attending the U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice to ratify the agreement on marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction and to secure an “ambitious and legally binding treaty on plastic pollution” this year.
Guterres delivered the remarks at the conference opening and at an Africa for the Ocean side event co‑hosted by Morocco and France. He emphasized that the oceans, which have "sustained life for millennia," are being harmed by overfishing, plastic pollution and rising temperatures and said the…
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