"MARINE RESOURCES"

Calling for global action, General Assembly speakers stress Law of Sea Convention must be used to protect oceans, coastal nations, marine resources.

Calling for global action, General Assembly speakers stress Law of Sea Convention must be used to protect oceans, coastal nations, marine resources.

Resolutions concerning multidimensional impact of COVID-19 on African countries, pushing back session closing date, among texts adopted by General Assembly.

The Government of Italy has made an additional (USD) 2 million contribution to fund the Productive Sectors Development Programme (PSDP) that seeks to boost job creation, access to economic opportunities for women and youth, development and strengthen governance to boost economic growth in Somalia. UNSOM

Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inger Andersen told the Security Council that a spill or an explosion of the SAFER oil tanker off the coast of Yemen would “directly affect millions of people in a country that is already enduring the world's largest humanitarian emergency.” UNIFEED

With its key location along main international shipping routes and 3,300 kilometres of coastline, Somalia’s potential as a key maritime player came to the fore recently as it marked World Maritime Day. UNSOM

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.

Life below water ‘essential to life on land’, General Assembly President stresses, at meeting on 2020 United Nations Ocean Conference.