After Nine Years of Foot-Dragging, U.N. Ready for Talks on High Seas Treaty

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After four days of intense negotiations – preceded by nine years of dilly-dallying – the United Nations has agreed to convene an intergovernmental conference aimed at drafting a legally binding treaty to conserve marine life and govern the mostly lawless high seas beyond national jurisdiction…

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