I have taken the floor to exercise the right of reply to the statement made earlier on behalf of Greece by Prime Minister Mitsotakis (see A/77/PV.10). Unfortunately, his statement was yet another example of the distortion of facts and hostile narratives against Türkiye. We would therefore like to ma…
Turkey voted against resolution 71/257, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, under sub-item (a) of agenda item 73. In principle, we agree with the resolution’s general content, and we believe it is particularly important since it recognizes the important contribution that the sustainable develo…
Turkey joined the consensus on resolution 71/123, on sustainable fisheries, as Turkey is fully committed to the conservation, management and sustainable use of marine living resources and attaches great importance to regional cooperation to that end. However, Turkey disassociates itself from the ref…
Turkey voted against resolution 70/235, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”. I would like to recall here that the reasons that have prevented Turkey from becoming a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea remain valid. Turkey supports international efforts to establish a re…
With regard to resolution 70/75, on sustainable fisheries, I would like to state that Turkey is fully committed to the conservation, management and sustainable use of marine living resources and attaches great importance to regional cooperation to that end. Accordingly, Turkey supported the resoluti…
With regard to the two draft resolutions before us under agenda item 75, Turkey will vote against the draft resolution contained in document A/60/L.22, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”. The reason for my delegation’s negative vote is that some of the elements contained in the United Nations …
With regard to the two draft resolutions before us under agenda item 49, Turkey will vote against the draft resolution contained in document A/59/L.22, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”. The reason for my delegation’s negative vote is that some of the elements contained in the United Nations …
