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<p>Work is in hand on the legislation and other measures needed to translate the detailed
and complex provisions 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 (the BBNJ Agreement) into UK law before we can
ratify the Agreement. Legislation will be taken forward when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>The
UK continues to be proactive in supporting other, particularly developing, countries
to implement and ratify the BBNJ Agreement. This includes contributing to the BBNJ
Voluntary Trust Fund to enable participation by developing countries in UN discussions
on preparatory work, and supporting the BBNJ Informal Dialogues, discussions that
bring together participants from a wide range of countries online to discuss implementation.
The UK also co-funded and organised a workshop for Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) countries to share best practice and support the implementation and
ratification of the BBNJ Agreement in the Philippines in November 2023. The UK is
supporting a Commonwealth Secretariat project to provide technical assistance on implementation
and ratification to smaller Commonwealth countries.</p>
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