Question follow-through · 1418
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty by June 2025.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 23 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 1 Aug 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty by June 2025.
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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1 Aug 2024
Answer published
Ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) is in line with this Government'...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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