"BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY"

Briefing by Reem Abaza, Spokesperson for the President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

General Assembly postpones fourth session of intergovernmental conference to draft marine biodiversity treaty in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

Ngedikes Olai Uludong, Permanent Representative of Palau, Martin Hermann, Permanent Representative of Denmark, Peter Thomson, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, and Karen Sack, managing director of Ocean Unite, brief reporters on the forthcoming UN Ocean Conference, slated to take place from 2 to 6 June 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Political declaration must capture worrying state of oceans, raise awareness for urgent action, delegates say, as conference preparation meeting concludes.

Political declaration must capture worrying state of oceans, raise awareness for urgent action, delegates say, as conference preparation meeting concludes.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Taking up Second Committee reports at the 52 plenary, General Assembly adopts 47 resolutions, including texts to combat protectionism and unilateral economic measures.

General Assembly discusses oceans, the law of the sea, sustainable fisheries, conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks at the 43rd Plenary meeting.