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The 78th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 78) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which convened on 6-10 June 2022, approved the designation of the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides and Particulate Matter (Med SOx ECA) under regulation 14 of Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention .
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The “contribution of the environmental dimension of sustainable development to building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world” was discussed by delegates taking part in the Leadership Dialogues during the Fifth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5).
Mr. Gaetano Leone, Coordinator of UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention Secretariat, made the following (pre-recorded) statement.
Ladies and gentlemen,
In spring last year, the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan-Barcelona Convention Secretariat set about determining how assets available within the MAP system could be used to support the regional response to COVID-19.
We framed our contribution in two main strands.
The first involved staying the course on strengthening the normative environmental protection framework within the context of Agenda 2030.