Sri Lanka, Sept. 17 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism has announced that Sri Lanka's Instrument of Ratification on 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) has been deposited with the United Nations, becoming a State Party to the Convention.

The ratification of the BBNJ agreement marks another milestone in Sri Lanka's continued legacy of leadership in ocean governance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Sri Lanka has played an instrumental role in international maritime governance, most notably through its leadership in the development of the 1982 United Nations Conv...