(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Action Deferred on Draft Text Addressing Ocean, Law of Sea With more than two dozen speakers and the heads of two of the world's ocean and sea authorities proclaiming the crucial importance of healthy oceans and seas to coastal and landlocked States alike, the General Assembly today adopted a resolution on sustainable fisheries without a vote while deferring action on a draft text on oceans and the Law of the Sea. By the terms of the draft text on sustainable fisheries, the post‑2015 development agenda's commitment to conserve and sustainably use the oceans was addressed, as well as the combating of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The...
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