The veteran politician declared that the principle has repeatedly been flouted by western countries, citing the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the invasion of Iraq by a US-led coalition and NATO’s military operation in Libya. “The root of the problem lies in the incessant attempts to divide the world into us and...
“The ocean is life. The ocean is livelihoods and the ocean binds humanity together across history and cultures”, said the Secretary-General, at a major General Assembly meeting marking the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention. He highlighted the breadth of the accord, spanning from “the air we breathe, to the atmosphere...
