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    "id": 1618821,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618821/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of 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), laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 4th June 2025, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(4) of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the Ratification of 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). Hon. Speaker, the BBNJ Agreement was tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday, 29th April 2025, and subsequently referred to the Committee pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 178. The Committee was mandated to facilitate public participation and make an appropriate recommendation on whether the House should approve with reservations or reject the ratification of the Agreement. The Agreement provides a comprehensive framework to address the critical gaps in the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The Agreement was adopted on 19th June 2023 in New York, USA, by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond the National Jurisdiction under the auspices of the United Nations General Assembly, and it addresses quite a number of issues. Some of those areas addressed by this Treaty are marine genetic resources, including a fair and equitable benefit sharing, the area-based management tools, which are used by the marines and those who are doing business in the marine environment and the environmental impact assessment."
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