President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has attended the ceremony organised by the Government of France to mark the accession of 60 countries to 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 (BBNJ Agreement). Representing Sri Lanka, a State Party to the Agreement, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake attended the event, which was held in New York on Thursday (25), with the participation of French President Emmanuel Macron and other world leaders. Sri Lanka became the 58th State Party to the Agreement on…
President attends ceremony marking 60th accession to BBNJ Agreement
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