SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE LOREN LEGARDA ON THE SIGNING OF THE HIGH SEAS TREATY BY THE PHILIPPINES

I welcome and laud the Philippines’ move to join other nations in signing the first-ever treaty on protecting the international high seas under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

In my capacity as the Senate President Pro Tempore, I wrote to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in March, expressing my great anticipation and enthusiasm for the High Seas Treaty, formally known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement.

Adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine […]