On behalf of Australia, I wish to express our warm appreciation for this plenary meeting devoted to the oceans and the law of the sea. Thirty years ago today, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was opened for signature in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It was a triumph of international diplo…
Thank you, Sir, for presiding over this joint debate. I also thank the Secretary- General for his reports (A/67/204 and A/67/205).
It is appropriate, as we mark Africa Week and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, and as we enter the second decade of the New Partnership for Africa’…
