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What will the UN high seas treaty mean for protecting the ocean?

The United Nations is set to adopt the text of its high seas treaty on June 19 -- but it won't go into effect until 60 countries ratify it © PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The world's first international treaty on the high seas, set to be adopted by the United Nations on Monday, contains landmark tools for the conservation and management of international waters.

International waters -- outside the jurisdiction of any single state -- cover more than 60 percent of the world's oceans.

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