LIFE UNDER WATER MUST NOT BE IGNORED

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Milner Tozaka said the Ocean's Conference marked a significant milestone for the United Nations in the era of the SDGs and commended its focus to achieving the targets set out in Sustainable Development Goal 14.  

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade said he welcomed the summit’s Call to Action which underscores the strong political will to address measures that address the deteriorating health of our ocean and its resources, saying that, “ Concrete action on the ground should now be our measure for success.”

Minister Tozaka said Solomon Islands along with its neighbouring Pacific Island states fully understand that the Ocean and marine life are their most important resources and they cut across the three dimensions of sustainable development.

“Solomon Islands along with its Pacific neighbours know that we are stewards of the largest expanse of Ocean in the world and its bountiful resource base. The ocean space under our collective jurisdiction is not only important to us. These spaces and their resources have a global significance as well.”

As such, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade said the Pacific region boasts a number of regional and sub-regional marine and ocean-related frameworks which are a testament of the region’s commitment to improving governance on ocean and marine life issues.


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