"The ship has reached the shore," conference chair Rena Lee announced at the UN headquarters in New York shortly before 9.30pm local time, to applause from delegates.
The exact wording of the text was not immediately released but activists hailed it as a breakthrough moment for the protection of biodiversity. At the UN headquarters, Mrs Lee thanked delegates who had been in the conference hall for 48 hours and had worked through the night. “The success is also yours,” she told them, to cheers and a standing ovation. “In Singapore, we like to go on learning journeys and this has been the learning journey of a lifetime.”
The high seas begin at the border of countries' exclusive economic zones, which extend up to 370km from coastlines. They thus fall under the jurisdiction of no country. "High seas marine protected areas can play a critical role in building resilience to the impact of climate change," said Liz Karan of The Pew Charitable Trusts, which called the agreement a"momentous achievement".
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