"BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY"

The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction will be the focus of this year’s Treaty Event. UNIFEED

Press conference by David Nanopoulos, Chief of the Treaty Section and Vladimir Jares, Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat on the annual Treaty Event.

General Assembly: 95th plenary meeting, 77th session.

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. Its interconnected consequences – intensified extreme weather, rising sea levels, food and water insecurity, biodiversity loss and heightened health risks – jeopardize human life, livelihoods and ecosystems and have an adverse impact on national, regional and global stability.

Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. Its interconnected consequences – intensified extreme weather, rising sea levels, food and water insecurity, biodiversity loss and heightened health risks – jeopardize human life, livelihoods and ecosystems and have an adverse impact on national, regional and global stability.

Under the agenda: "Maintenance of International Peace and Security".

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

General Assembly: 66th Plenary Meeting, 77th Session