Government House announced that the United Kingdom and Bermuda have launched a joint initiative under the High Seas Treaty to ...

Statement by H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly, at the Preparatory Committee established by General Assembly resolution 69/292: Development of an ...

The UK government, on 10 September, introduced a landmark bill to protect two-thirds of the world’s ocean, a key source of food and oxygen for people in the UK and all over the world. This marks a ...

Today, the agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) was officially ratified, marking a historic milestone in global ...

A landmark international agreement that will create a legal mechanism to establish protected marine zones in waters beyond ...

“The ship has reached the shore,” president of the conference, Rena Lee, announced at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States, on March 5. This marked a historic consensus among ...

World Oceans Day, celebrated every year on 8 June, is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of oceans to our lives and livelihoods, and the environmental impact of human activity on oceans. In ...

The Apia Commonwealth Ocean Declaration , agreed to at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa last year, sounded a clarion call for the restoration and protection of the ocean. It ...

Pakistan has become a signatory of UN convention seeking to lay down a legal framework for all maritime activities and conserve marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Deputy Prime ...