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More than 170 countries adopted the Nice Ocean Action Plan at the close of the five-day summit co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, where 19 countries ratified the High Seas Treaty, bringing it to 50 of the 60 needed.

The UN agreement on marine life beyond national jurisdiction became binding on its parties, the first legal framework to create marine protected areas on the high seas, which cover nearly half the planet's surface.

The first COP of the BBNJ Agreement meets at UN Headquarters to agree the treaty's institutions and rules, the step before any high-seas marine protected area can be declared.