What it is

Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization regarding the Conference of the Decade of Oceans 2024, to be held from April 8 to 12, 2024, in Barcelona (Spain), done in Paris on April 4, 2024.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 8 July 2024. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000033· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced8 July 2024Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted17 July 2024The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments19 July 2024Groups propose changes.
Committee19 September 2024A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary24 September 2024All 350 deputies vote.
Senate10 October 2024The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE20 November 2024It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 8 official steps on a timeline

10 October 2024

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 161 yes · 33 no · 152 abst.

Voted on: Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization regarding the Conference of the Decade of Oceans 2024, to be held from April 8 to 12, 2024, in Barcelona (Spain), done in Paris on April 4, 2024.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 20 of sitting 66· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

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More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Plurinacional SUMAR, Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV) and Mixto. Against, most of VOX. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 13 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 13
Against: 0
Abstained: 17
Tie: 22

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	6	6 abst.
Plurinacional SUMAR	27	25 in favour · 2 did not vote
Republicano	7	6 in favour · 1 abst.
Socialista	120	118 in favour · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 abst.
Mixto	8	7 in favour · 1 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	137	137 abst.
VOX	33	33 against

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000033
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 20 of sitting 66
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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