September 21, 2022
Madam President, I make this statement on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States. On Day 2 of the IGC, we reaffirmed our commitment to this process and our firm hope in making this the Fifth and Final IGC.
September 21, 2022
The world has yet to deliver an agreed Outcome to the 5th Intergovernmental Conference to draft a Maritime Biodiversity Treaty. This is particularly disappointing news given the urgency and hard work by all, for an end to these long-running negotiations.
As with all global island states of the world, our Blue Pacific has long lobbied for an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond [...]