Development of an international legally-binding instrument 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. Sixty-ninth session - Agenda item 74 (a), Oceans and the law of the sea

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United Nations A/69/L.65* General Assembly Distr.: Limited 11 May 2015 Original: English 15-07486* (E) 250615 *1507486* Sixty-ninth session Agenda item 74 (a) Oceans and the law of the sea Australia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Tonga and Trinidad and Tobago: draft resolution Development of an international legally-binding instrument 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 The General Assembly, Reaffirming the commitment made by Heads of State and Government in paragraph 162 of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, entitled “The future we want”, endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 66/288 of 27 July 2012, to