France Pushes for Action as High Seas Treaty Hangs in the Balance

Malta to ratify High Seas Treaty at UN Ocean Conference in Nice

Malta has confirmed it will ratify the High Seas Treaty at the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice next month, joining global efforts to protect marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.The announcement was made by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ian Borg during a high-level seminar held in Malta on Thursday, themed...

As the United Nations Conference on the Ocean is approaching, Olivier Poivre d'Arvor, special envoy of Emmanuel Macron, sounds the alarm: only 21 countries – out of the 60 necessary – have ratified the treaty of protection of the high seas. And no great maritime power, apart from France. Does this treaty have a chance to succeed? Marianne takes stock with Xavier Carpentier-Tanguy, director of the geopolitical observatory of the marine worlds.

France pushes for action as high seas treaty hangs in the balance

After decades of negotiations, a landmark treaty to protect the world’s high seas stands at a turning point – and France is urging countries to ratify it before a major UN ocean summit opens in Nice next month.

UN calls for stronger action on Global Maritime Security

The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says "without maritime security, there can be no global security

Guterres said that the increase in 47.5 per cent of incidents of piracy and armed robbery is a significant threat to international security, global trade and economic stability.

The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot was on the way to Nice this Thursday for the holding of a steering committee of the Nice Summit of the Oceans, the Unoc 3, to be held from 9 to 13 June. At the end of the day, he came to meet the readers of Nice-Matin, in the