US EditionNice Ocean Summit Advances High Seas Treaty and Strengthens Marine Protections
FRANCE, JUN 17 – More than 50 countries have ratified the High Seas Treaty, aiming to protect ocean ecosystems from deep-sea mining and overfishing under international law.
- On 19 June 2025, world leaders gathered in Nice, France, for the UN Ocean Conference focusing on marine protection and the High Seas Treaty.
- The conference followed the 2023 adoption of the High Seas Treaty, which requires 60 ratifications to enter into force and had 50 ratifications as of Monday.
- The five-day event included over 15,000 participants—among them 2000 marine scientists from 120 countries—and produced the Nice Ocean Action Plan with 800 voluntary commitments.
- French envoy Olivier Poivre d'Arvor called it a "significant victory" despite US absence, while UN official Li Junhua said, "The real test is not what we said here in Nice- but what we do next."
- The conference outcome called for urgent expansion of marine protection, regulation of deep-sea mining, and increased financing for vulnerable nations toward safeguarding ocean health.
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