While addressing a high-level discussion of the Protection Council on Tuesday, UN general secretary Antonio Guteresh said the ocean and the sea were “sending a clear SOS message”. Traditional threats and new stands are increasing in marine zones, including pirates, armed robbery, smuggling, terrorism, cyber attacks and regional disputes.
He said, “From time to time the route of the sea has been tied the world into a thread. But marine zones are under fast pressure … and there is no global protection without marine protection.”
Increase in pirates and attacks
The general secretary noticed the rapid growth of pirates and armed robbery in early 2021 and quoted the statistics of the International Marine Organization (IMO) that such incidents increased by 47 percent compared to the same period last year.
This growth was the most clear in Asia, especially in the busy water -lane regions of Malacca and Singapore.
He also underlined frequent attacks on shipping by the Houthi fighters in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in the Black Sea and the Gulf of the Mediterranean and the Gulf of the Atlantic, the smuggling of drugs and human trafficking.
This discussion was an important program for the Security Council for May for May. The Prime Minister of the country, Kiriakos Mitsotakis, took steps to the hammer injury. At that time many ministers were present in the house.
90 for collapse -day vomiting count
Melina Travlos, chairman of the ship owners in Greece, gave a strict warning to the members of the Travlos Protection Council: If the global shipping system is stagnant, the global economy will break in just 90 days.
He described the shipping region as “silent consultant of Global Welfare” and said that 90 percent of international trade and more than 12 billion tonnes of products depend on marine transport per year.
He said, “The shipping region is never ever, uniform the world.”
He called for greater protection of sailors and marine infrastructure in growing and more complex threats.
A ship, six days, billions of losses
Professor of International Relations at the University of Copenhagen, Christian Bugger, reminded the ambassadors that a ship – Eve -Given – blocked the swaz canal for six days, causing billions of billions of dollars in the global economy.
He mentioned the growth of 300 percent in marine trade since the sixties, “We were not so dependent on the sea of history like today.”
Professor Bugger called on the member states to adopt a more systematic, proof-based procedure for marine protection and at the same time requested for global revenge, which is similar to its face.
Continue to follow marine law
General Secretary Antonio Gutresh introduced a tri-dimensional strategy to strengthen maritime protection and emphasized that a decision-making and integrated global action, regardless of personal differences or shipping disruptions, requires a decision.
These include following international law, dealing with the root causes of marine insecurity, and strengthening global partnerships.
The UN chief emphasized that a permanent solution was needed by the government, the regional organizations, the private sector and the civil society – including women and girls who have been unequivocally affected by marine crime.
He said, “Combined, we need to make more efforts to reduce the possibility that people do not turn into crime and other activities, which are marine protection and our marine environment is bad.”
“The UN system is ready to confirm the peaceful, safe and prosperous sea places for future generations to support member states.”
