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A complex maritime salvage effort started in the Red Sea off the coast of war-torn Yemen to transfer one million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker to a replacement vessel. UNTV CH

In a message about the UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said, “In the absence of anyone else willing or able to perform this task, the United Nations stepped up and assumed the risk to conduct this very delicate operation.” UNIFEED

The International Maritime Organization adopted a revised strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. IMO

United Nations officials in New York and in Yemen gave details on the arrival of a support ship to start the process of transferring out the oil from the FSO Safer super tanker, moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, to another vessel. UNIFEED

Briefing journalists on expectations for the new High Seas Treaty, Jane Fonda, actress, and activist, said, “States control the waters 200 miles offshore, and after that, it's the Wild West.” UNIFEED

The five-day UN Ocean Conference ended today with more than 150 countries collectively agreeing to scale up science-based and innovative actions to address the ocean emergency. UNIFEED

Ahead of the World Ocean Summit, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) called for the recognition of the importance of small-scale artisanal fisheries and aquaculture, which are “a critical part of fisheries,” according to a senior FAO official. FAO

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

The 193 Member States of the United Nations unanimously agreed to a set of measures that will begin the reversal of the decline of the ocean’s health as the five-day Ocean Conference came to a conclusion. UNIFEED

Marking World Oceans Day, General Assembly President Peter Thomson said “the momentum swelling from The Ocean Conference is immense” as “it is beating against the mindlessness of marine pollution, driving the muck back from where it came for recycling or for abstinence.” UNIFEED