UN General Assembly adopts resolution to move forward with high seas treaty negotiations

Mongabay
Dec 26, 2017, 1:39 pm192 pts
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on Sunday to convene negotiations for an international treaty to protect the marine environments of the high seas. Vast areas of ocean that lie outside any country’s exclusive economic zone — or, in other words, more than 200 nautical miles or…

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