Having shaped the treaty, Africa must capitalise on recent global momentum to benefit from a new era in ocean governance.

F OR MORE than four centuries, wave after wave of explorers experienced failure as they searched for an east-west maritime ...

The High Seas Treaty, officially known as the "Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction" (BBNJ Agreement) was signed ...

Sara Olsvig is a veteran advocate for Indigenous rights at international meetings, maneuvering with some success even at ...

Negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic pollution are now in overtime, and UN member states are set to meet again in ...

Historically, most United Nations agreements have been reached by consensus. But based on recent events, this no longer seems ...

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Arctic Council paused all operations for the first time since its inception.

Around four in five Tuvalu citizens have registered for Australia's climate migration visa, figures released on August 6 show ...

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Multilateralism without the US has its limitations, but it still holds the potential for tangible, incremental progress on global challenges.

A United Nations Human Development Program report published in late November 2023 — the same month Australia and Tuvalu ...

The ship being observed was practicing longlining, an indiscriminate form of deep-sea fishing that can catch and kill many ...