Brussels Bids for BBNJ Ocean Treaty Secretariat
Belgium has launched an active campaign at the UN General Assembly's 81st High-Level Week to secure the secretariat of the new BBNJ ocean biodiversity treaty for Brussels. Justice and North Sea Minister Annelies Verlinden led the diplomatic push, mobilising international support through a series of events on the sidelines of UNGA81 in New York.
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