UN Ocean Protection Agreement: A Historic Step

Vocabulary & Expressions

the high seas: 공해
An emotional moment, as the United Nations treaty to protect the high seas is finally agreed.

delegate: 대표, 파견 위원
Delegates at the UN headquarters in New York had worked through the night to push a deal over the line.

biodiversity: 생물 다양성
generate: 생산하다
Our oceans and the biodiversity within them are critical to keeping the earth in balance, generating nearly half the planet’s oxygen…

sticking point: 주요 걸림돌
…and the fair sharing of profitable resources, a key sticking point during the negotiations.

be implemented consistently: 지속적으로 시행되다
We’ve got to make sure that it’s implemented consistently… 

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