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UN Ocean Conference Opens with Calls for United Action to Reverse Human Damage

UN Ocean Conference

Fishermen at work in Evia, Greece (January 1973). UN Photo/Tsagris

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 June 2017 – Opening a “game-changing” international conference on the health of the world’s oceans and seas, top United Nations officials today urged coordinated global action to protect the planet.

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Speaking in the UN General Assembly Hall, Secretary-General António Guterres cautioned Governments that unless they overcome short-term territorial and resource interests, the state of the oceans will continue to deteriorate.

“Improving the health…

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