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🇻🇺Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 3 sentences

• Vanuatu welcomes the entry into force of the BBNJ Agreement. 6:24:16Copy
• For a nation whose identity, culture, and prosperity are inseparable from the ocean, the BBNJ Agreement represents an important step towards protecting marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction and ensuring that the benefits of a common ocean heritage are shared fairly and sustainably. 6:24:26Copy
• The implementation of the BBNJ Agreement must respect sovereign rights and take full account of the special circumstances and capacity constraints of small island developing states. 6:25:34Copy

🇧🇪Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 2 sentences

• The BBNJ agreements enter into force this year after almost 20 years of negotiations. 11:54:58Copy
• The BBNJ agreements now gives us an essential tool to advance towards that protection goal. 11:56:00Copy

🇹🇻Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 2 sentences

• Tuvalu has ratified the BBNJ Agreement. 3:21:00Copy
• Tuvalu's objective towards the implementation of the BBNJ is simple, in that the ocean areas beyond national jurisdictions belong to our shared future and must be governed responsibly, based on science, equity the precautionary approach and effective international cooperation. 3:21:09Copy

🇫🇲Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 2 sentences

• Being the first country to sign the BBNJ agreement, we are among the first movers comprising six nations to implement the BBNJ. 42:53Copy
• Micronesia is partnering with GIZ and five co-leading states to develop sea-based management tools and marine protected area proposals under the BBNJ framework, translating our commitment to conserve 30% of our ocean into concrete, durable protection for areas beyond national jurisdiction. 43:05Copy

🇨🇱Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• We are committed to the high seas agreement known as the BBNJ and we proposed Valparaiso as the headquarters of its executive secretariat. 4:55:32Copy

🇫🇷France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• We undertook those negotiations working hand in hand with the great powers, that's the BBNJ agreement. 6:00:59Copy

🇸🇨Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• As an early ratifying state of the BBNJ Agreement, Seychelles looks forward to its first Conference of the Parties and urges all member states to finalize their ratifications swiftly. 9:05:11Copy

🇩🇴Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• In this vein, we have moved to ratify the BBNJ agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, and in March we laid down our ratification instrument. 4:37:11Copy

🇲🇻Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Therefore, the first conference of the parties to the BBNJ Agreement must deliver from day one. 51:29Copy

🇸🇧Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Solomon Islands welcomes the entry into force of the BBNJ Agreement and the preparations for the first Conference of the Parties in January. 4:10:00Copy

🇹🇴Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Our ratification of the BBNJ agreement extends that commitment beyond our waters, supporting the protection of marine biodiversity on the high seas. 8:35:47Copy

🇼🇸Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Samoa has ratified the BBNJ agreement, and we remain actively engaged in negotiations toward a global treaty on plastic pollution, particularly to protect our marine environment. 8:53:04Copy

🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Saint Kitts and Nevis ratified BBNJ agreement in twenty twenty-five. 9:08:11Copy

🇲🇺Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• We welcome the 100th ratification of the BBNJ Agreement and calls for its prompt and effective implementation. 11:14:55Copy

🇸🇬Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• And I would ask all of you to recollect the BBNJ Agreement, which entered into force this year. 4:22:04Copy

🇱🇰Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• As founding member of the agreement on marine biological diversity of areas beyond nation jurisdiction, the BBNJ agreement, we reaffirm our commitment to safeguarding the oceans as a common heritage of humankind for present and future generations. 2:45:44Copy

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• The entry into force of BBNJ agreement is therefore an important achievement for multilateralism, but implementation will be the real test. 4:49:41Copy