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

A/RES/79/271View PDF

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A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 75c 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, published in 2025.

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4 versions · 2023–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/107	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	897	62%Compare
2025	A/RES/79/271	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	778	33%Compare
2024	A/RES/78/272	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	1,446	27%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/321	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	717	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Law of the sea and ocean affairs	44

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Law of the sea and ocean affairs	44	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Biological Diversity Capacity Building Conferences Law of the Sea Marine Ecosystems Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the holding of the organizational meeting of the Preparatory Commission for the Entry into Force of 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 and the Convening of the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Agreement from 24 to 26 June 2024 to discuss organizational matters, and recalls its decision 78/560, in which it requested the Secretary-General to, inter alia, convene the first and second sessions of the Preparatory Commission from 14 to 25 April and from 18 to 29 August 2025, respectively, and to convene at least one session of 10 working days in 2026, on dates to be determined in consultation with the Co-Chairs;

Takes note of the statement by the Co-Chair of the Preparatory Commission at the closing of the organizational meeting of the Commission;⁴

⁴A/AC.296/2024/4.

Emphasizes the importance of the early entry into force and effective implementation of the Agreement;

Takes note of the signatures and ratifications of the Agreement to date;

Calls upon all States and regional economic integration organizations that have not done so to consider signing and ratifying, approving or accepting the Agreement at the earliest possible date, ideally before the 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, to be co-hosted by Costa Rica and France and held in Nice, France, from 9 to 13 June 2025, to allow for the early entry into force of the Agreement;

Invites Member States, international financial institutions, donor agencies, intergovernmental organizations, non‑governmental organizations and natural and juridical persons to make financial contributions to the voluntary trust fund to assist developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, in attending the meetings of the Preparatory Commission, and expresses its appreciation to those that have contributed;⁵

⁵See resolutions 69/292 and 78/272.

Notes with appreciation the capacity-building and technical assistance activities of States, regional economic integration organizations, the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, and other relevant United Nations entities and intergovernmental organizations within their respective mandates, in relation to the Agreement, taking note also of the contributions of other relevant stakeholders in this regard, and encourages the further undertaking of such activities;

Recalls its invitation to States to provide information to the Secretary-General on their capacity-building and technical assistance needs with a view to becoming parties to the Agreement to inform the further development and provision of capacity-building and technical assistance activities of the Division in support of requesting States becoming parties to the Agreement and the effective implementation of the Agreement;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eightieth session, under the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, the sub-item entitled “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”.

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