Adds and continues in the case of European countries that add up and confirm their adhesion to the Treaty about the high seas. In this way count like this 28 of the 60 supports you need to enter into force at the gates of the celebration of the Nice Summit.
In this case, Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Slovenia, Latvia and Portugal are the nations that have ratified their compliance with the ratifying the agreement on the right of the sea related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of the areas located outside the national jurisdiction (official name) the United Nations.
This treaty was Approved in June 2023 with the aim of ensuring conservation and sustainable use of seas in international waters and the support of 115 countries. In the case of Spain and France, both were the first European states to ratify it in February 2025.
New countries join the Treaty on the High Seach
Six other European countries have ratified this week the Treaty on the High Seach before the headquarters of the United Nations Organization, which adds 28 of the 60 support necessary for its entry into force, on the eve of the Nice Summit.
The treaty, whose official name is Agreement on the Law of the Sea related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of the areas located outside the national jurisdiction (BBNJ), was approved in June 2023 with the aim of ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of seas in international waters and the support of 115 countries.
Spain and France were the first European states to ratify it last February 2025to which these others are now added, as well as the European Union, although the Brussels firm does not compute the official count to make the treaty into binding international law.
The Alliance for the high seas (HSA), a union of more than sixty NGOs, has held these accessions today in a press release in which it highlights the importance of “EU leadership to deal with the crises that affect climate and diversity”, while urging the rest of the signatory nations to “follow the same path.”
“A healthy ocean supports a stable future for all of us,” says the director of HSA, Rebecca Hubbard, who asks “to integrate the oceanic action into all diplomatic agendas because no country can resolve this environmental crisis on its own.”
The EU and various government and civil society organizations have pledged to achieve the necessary ratifications for the implementation of the treaty before the beginning of the III UN Conference on the Ocean, which will be held from June 9 to 13 in the French city of Nice. EFE / ECOTICIAS.com