In a considerable display of support for the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (known as the BBNJ Agreement), 80 States and the European Union signed the Agreement during the Annual Treaty Event, which was organized by OLA on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 78th General Assembly.
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03 June 2024
From 27 to 31 May 2024, the Legal Counsel of the United Nations, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares visited Montreal, Canada, to chair the annual meetings of the informal network of the Legal Advisers of the specialized agencies and the related and other organizations of the United Nations System, and the informal network of the Legal Advisers of the United Nations Offices, Funds and Programmes.




