On 5 February, France deposited with the United Nations Secretary-General its ratification instrument for 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, known as the BBNJ Agreement.
This deposit completes the ratification process, following Parliament's unanimous adoption of the bill presented by the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, on 5 November 2024.
France is fully mobilized to achieve the 60 ratifications necessary for the agreement to come into force, between now and the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), which will be held in Nice in June 2025.