In progress at UNHQ

General Assembly


GA/10120
10/12/2002
Press Release
GA/10120


Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

71st and 72nd Meetings (AM & PM)


NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES, PROTECTION OF MARINE


ENVIRONMENT STRESSED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S DISCUSSION OF OCEAN ISSUES


Combined Value of Ocean Resources and Uses

Estimated at Seven Trillion Dollars Annually

GA/10116
09/12/2002
Press Release
GA/10116


Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

70th Meeting (AM)


LAW OF SEA CONVENTION PRAISED AS MILESTONE FOR RULE OF LAW, UNITED NATIONS,


AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY


Constitution for the Oceans’ Largely Fulfilled, Says Secretary-General;

Warns of Continued Threat from Depleted Fisheries, Degraded Marine Environment