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Life below waterâthe UN calls for action on ocean protection
Ahead of World Oceans Day 2021 and the second UN Ocean Conference next year, UN officials stressed the need for âclear, transformative and actionableâ solutions to the ocean crisis.
President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the world cannot afford to delay action on ocean protection. âThere is simply no scenario wherein we live on a planet without an ocean,â he said.
The debate, which focused on the ocean and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14: Life Below Water, took place on Jun. 1 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
United Nations, June 2 (IANS) General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir is "saddeneda¿ by India's reaction to his statements on Kashmir, according to his Deputy Spokesperson Amy Quantrill, who has asserted that they were taken out of context.
India News: NEW DELHI: India on Friday slammed UNGA president Volkan Bozkir for his remark that Pakistan was “duty bound” to raise the J&K issue more strongly.