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<p>The FCO leads, with close cooperation from DEFRA, on the negotiations to develop
an international legally binding instrument 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 (BBNJ process). The first meeting of the UN
Inter-governmental conference to develop the new international instrument started,
on 4 September 2018 and the UK is represented by FCO and DEFRA officials. The Government
fully supports the United Nations BBNJ process to develop an ambitious agreement which
we would like to see concluded in 2020.</p>
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