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The mayor of Valparaíso, Jorge Sharp, together with Senator Ricardo Lagos Weber, traveled to New York to participate in the Preparatory Conference for the Biodiversity Protection Treaty at the UN, since the city is applying to be the headquarters of the Secretariat of this treaty, a proposal made official by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto Van Klaveren. Valparaíso competes with Brussels for this headquarters, and Sharp expressed that it would be a historic event for the city.
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The mayor of the commune of Valparaíso, Jorge Sharp, traveled to New York to participate at the Preparatory Conference for the Biodiversity Protection Treaty (BBNJ), at the headquarters of the United Nations.
This because of The city of Valparaíso is applying as the headquarters of the Secretariat of the treatya proposal that was made official in 2023 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto Van Klaveren.
Among the representatives of Chile, the senator of the Party for Democracy, Ricardo Lagos Weber, also traveled, highlighting the meetings that are being held to promote the country as the headquarters of the Treaty Secretariat.
Various meetings in which the mayor of Valparaíso, Jorge Sharp, has also participated, who indicated that the Valparaíso Delegation gave them a task that is to remain the capital of the Treaty on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdictions . “It would be a historic event for the city,” reinforced.
It should be noted that Valparaíso is disputing the seat of this treaty against the city of Brussels in Belgium.
