Building on the successful leadership of the African Group in negotiating 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), Sierra Leone has been elected as a member of the Bureau of the Preparatory Commission.
After the momentous conclusion of the BBNJ Agreement, the UN General Assembly by resolution 78/272 decided to establish a preparatory commission to prepare for the entry into force of the Agreement.
