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Australia has become a founding signatory to a global treaty to protect the high seas, which will enable the establishment of marine protected areas in parts of the ocean outside national boundaries.
The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, announced at the United Nations general assembly in New York overnight that Australia would join like-minded nations, including Pacific partners, in signing the treaty that has been two decades in the making.
We have worked alongside our Pacific partners to make this treaty a reality – safeguarding our blue Pacific for future generations.
Australia is working to ratify the treaty and bring it into force as soon as possible.
International cooperation to protect and manage them is crucial. This treaty will enable us to meet our global goal of protecting 30% of our earth’s oceans.
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