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<p>The UK is fully committed to promoting the protection of marine biodiversity in
areas beyond national jurisdiction.</p><p>Without prejudice to Article IV of the Antarctic
Treaty 1959, in 2009 the UK led negotiations within the Commission on the Conservation
of Antarctic Marine Living Resources which resulted in the establishment of the world’s
first high-seas Marine Protected Area (MPA) covering 94 000 km2. The UK supports the
establishment of further MPAs within the area covered by the Convention on the Conservation
of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, and is working closely with members to designate
MPAs in the Ross Sea, East Antarctic and the Weddell Sea.</p><p>The UK is a leading
member of the OSPAR Commission which has designated 7 MPAs in the high seas of the
North-East Atlantic and works closely with other regional and international organisations
to manage these.</p><p>We are a signatory to the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration
for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea 2014, which established the Sargasso Sea
Commission to encourage and facilitate voluntary collaboration toward the conservation
of the Sargasso Sea.</p><p>We support the work of the International Seabed Authority
in establishing Areas of Particular Environmental Interest in the Clarion-Clipperton
Zone. We also support the work of the International Maritime Organisation in identifying
“Special Areas” which benefit from additional pollution protection and “Particularly
Sensitive Sea Areas” which may benefit from specific measures to control certain maritime
activities.</p>
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