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Statement at the 2022 UNOC High-Level Meeting of the Ocean Decade Alliance

Statement at the Inter-Agency Consultative Group Meeting on the Follow-up and Implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for LLDCs

Statement at the Thirty-Second Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Statement by the Secretary-General at the Launch of AREA2030

Statement by the Secretary-General at the Launch of the Impact Group “Research and Oceans for Women”

Statement at Harare Blue Talks: Access to Maritime Benefits for Land-locked States

Statement by the Secretary-General at ISA – China JTRC Training Workshop

Statement at the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

Statement at the 45th Annual Conference on Oceans Law and Policy

Statement at the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Conference on BBNJ (BBNJ IGC-4)

Statement at the Informal Thematic Consultation held at the UNJ Hall

Statement by the Secretary-General at One Ocean Summit

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