The Indigenous Diplomat

The Indigenous Diplomat

African Negotiators Thought I Wrote the Text That Would Erase Them

How I was almost Africa's public enemy number one in the BBNJ process

Aug 20, 2025
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Good morning!

A bit more about the BBNJ this time.

When the BBNJ co-chairs dropped super helpful aide to negotiations to prepare for PrepCom2. Friends and allies immediately pinged me about the clearing house mechanism proposal, genuinely excited by what looked like meaningful progress. There was even a specific proposal for an informal expert group to bu…

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