MEPC 84/14/4: Proposal for a new output to support the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement to protect the seas and oceans and marine biodiversity within IMO’s mandate

MEPC 84/14/4: Proposal for a new output to support the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement to protect the seas and oceans and marine biodiversity within IMO's mandate

The document provides comments in support of document MEPC 84/14/2, which proposes a new output to support the implementation 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 (BBNJ Agreement), and offers additional considerations to the proposed terms of reference for the proposed output.

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