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<p>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 (within the Antarctic Treaty area) and supports the establishment
of further Marine Protected Areas within the area covered by the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources. The UK is also a leading member of the OSPAR Commission which
has designated seven Marine Protected Areas in the high seas of the North-East Atlantic
and works closely with other regional and international organisations to manage these.</p><p>The
UK supports, and is fully engaged, in the work at the United Nations seeking an agreement
on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity and the need to establish
a mechanism to deliver marine protected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction.</p>
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