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🇫🇲Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 7 sentences

• Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activities, transnational crimes, and environmental degradation threaten not only our economies, but the health of our marine environment as well. 36:55Copy
• We are seeing a rise in illnesses linked to marine life and vector-borne diseases, in particular dengue and Zika. 41:17Copy
• Micronesia calls for a collective effort to fortify ocean governance, sustainable fishing management, and effective conservation of marine biodiversity. 42:39Copy
• Micronesia is partnering with GIZ and five co-leading states to develop sea-based management tools and marine protected area proposals under the BBNJ framework, translating our commitment to conserve 30% of our ocean into concrete, durable protection for areas beyond national jurisdiction. 43:05Copy

🇰🇮Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 3 sentences

• Our economy, food security, livelihoods, culture, and the way of life depend on healthy, sustainable marine resources. 27:52Copy
• Sustainable management is essential to our long-term developments, and we call for increased efforts and partnerships to have agreeable progress towards SDG 14, which is conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development. 28:04Copy
• Mr. President, The sustainability of our ocean and fisheries is closely linked to the changing climate and the pressures we face on our marine resources are increasingly compounded by its impact. 29:27Copy

🇻🇺Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 3 sentences

• For a nation whose identity, culture, and prosperity are inseparable from the ocean, the BBNJ Agreement represents an important step towards protecting marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction and ensuring that the benefits of a common ocean heritage are shared fairly and sustainably. 6:24:26Copy
• One ought to look forward to the first conference of the parties advancing the operationalization of marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from marine genetic resources. 6:25:14Copy
• The hosting of the inaugural Melanesian Ocean Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, this year arrives at a critical juncture where, on one hand, we are faced with daily mounting challenges of the detrimental effects of climate change, the alarming degradation of our marine biodiversity, pervasive marine pollution, and the over-exploitation of our vital marine resources. 6:25:53Copy

🇸🇨Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 2 sentences

• wreck our marine ecosystems, and steal from our people. 9:02:51Copy
• Protecting our marine environment is an economic necessity. 9:05:05Copy

🇵🇹Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• I will share with you that in Portugal, we feel the devastating impacts of climate change firsthand in the increasing forest fires, coastal erosion, and the degradation of marine ecosystems, and also and more frequently in extreme weather events, new such as storms, high winds, and flash floods. 6:04:33Copy
• Protecting the marine environment and its biodiversity, Combating ocean warming, addressing the threat of sea level rise, and ensuring universal freedom of navigation are essential priorities on the ocean agenda, which is an agenda we all have to pay attention to. 6:05:47Copy

🇼🇸Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 2 sentences

• Pursuing economic growth has come at a grave cost to our marine ecosystem. 8:52:12Copy
• Samoa has ratified the BBNJ agreement, and we remain actively engaged in negotiations toward a global treaty on plastic pollution, particularly to protect our marine environment. 8:53:04Copy

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 2 sentences

• States must share fairly in the benefits arising from marine genetic resources. 4:49:56Copy
• Capacity building must be meaningful and marine technology must be accessible. 4:50:05Copy

🇫🇷France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• A few years ago, everybody said it was impossible to craft agreements so as to protect marine areas, protect the oceans. 6:00:24Copy

🇩🇲Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• We also see it in our work to protect our forest, marine resources, and natural environment. 8:38:25Copy

🇧🇪Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• the safety of navigation, the protection of the marine environment, and respect for the rights of coastal states. 11:51:40Copy

🇧🇬Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• Resilience and balance within the marine ecosystems of the Black Sea are jeopardized by the harmful consequences of the military conflict. 5:48:03Copy

🇬🇲Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• The continued development of multilateral treaties and the entry into force of the agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction also demonstrate what is possible when states negotiate in good faith and perseverance. 4:47:50Copy

🇫🇯Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• This year, the Agreement on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction entered into force. 6:51:17Copy

🇲🇨Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• The entry into force of the Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, which Monaco was one of the first countries to sign and ratify, is a victory of the law over seizure, of cooperation over predation. 1:54:52Copy

🇹🇻Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• This year, Tuvalu soft-launched its first-ever national ocean policy, a comprehensive framework to strengthen our stewardship of marine resources, affirm the permanence of our maritime zones, protect biodiversity, and place the ocean at the center of our resilience and sustainable development. 3:20:15Copy

🇹🇴Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Our ratification of the BBNJ agreement extends that commitment beyond our waters, supporting the protection of marine biodiversity on the high seas. 8:35:47Copy

🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Large ocean states need access to capacity building, marine technology, scientific knowledge, and financing, while benefits from marine genetic resources must be shared fairly. 9:08:19Copy

🇩🇯Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• We must therefore accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement and strengthen our adaptation and resilience efforts, including through resilient coastal infrastructure, better protection for marine and coastal ecosystems, early warning systems, and simplified, predictable, and equitable access to climate finance. 6:53:08Copy

🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• In Sao Tome and Principe, these impacts are already affecting our coastal areas, infrastructure, marine resources, and livelihoods, despite our negligible contribution to global emissions. 8:17:54Copy

🇱🇰Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• As founding member of the agreement on marine biological diversity of areas beyond nation jurisdiction, the BBNJ agreement, we reaffirm our commitment to safeguarding the oceans as a common heritage of humankind for present and future generations. 2:45:44Copy