August 25, 2019
At the end of the first week of negotiations on a new global legal instrument to oversee the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in […]
August 22, 2019
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) maintains that respect for sovereignty must be protected in the proposed global treaty on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national […]
August 22, 2019
The proposed zero draft text on the new global treaty to manage the globe’s marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions (BBNJs) must ensure that small island developing […]
August 22, 2019
As negotiations on a new treaty on biodiversity in areas of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction enters its third day, the focus was on whether areas […]
August 22, 2019
Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) in New York leading the negotiations on the draft text of a new global agreement to manage marine biodiversity beyond […]
June 27, 2019
Pacific Negotiators gathered at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat this week to strategise and prepare for the next phase of international negotiations on a new legally […]
June 27, 2019
As Pacific countries prepare for the second last round of negotiations in New York next month to formalise a new global treaty to govern the high […]
June 26, 2019
The first Forum Members Negotiators Meeting for new instrument on Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction started today at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva. The meeting […]
March 27, 2019
Any new treaty to improve governance of the high seas must ensure healthy resilient Oceans and seas, promote greater coherence, and complement the relevant existing instruments, […]