Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, signed today in New York the Treaty for the “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Outside Territorial Waters”.
Photo: taken by @DiazCanelB
The President reported this in his report in
“We have signed the Treaty on the “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Outside Territorial Waters” and recognize the urgent need for this instrument, one of the most important negotiated in this century, to enter into force as soon as possible. “
Díaz-Canel later added that the treaty represents a historical fact and an achievement of developing countries.
Cuba is honored to have coordinated the 134 member countries of the G77 during the final and crucial session of the Conference on Marine Biodiversity, he wrote in his message.
“This treaty is undoubtedly a historical fact and an achievement of developing countries. For #Cuba It was an honor to coordinate the 134 member countries of the G77 during the final and crucial session of the Conference on Marine Biodiversity. #CubaG77“.
The new international treaty was adopted on March 4 by delegates to the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, culminating ongoing negotiations that began in 2004.
He took part in this conference as a representative of the Group of 77 plus China and in the debates managed to maintain the unity of the group until the end of the process, thereby achieving favorable results for developing countries.
Considered crucial to achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this agreement proposes to convert 30 percent of the world’s oceans into protected areas, provide more funding for marine conservation, and increase access and use of marine genetic resources of marine plants and animals regulatory, microbial or other origin.
(Taken from ACN)