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Peter Thomson, President of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly, speaks to journalists, following the opening meeting of the session. Photo credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
October 4, 2019
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The United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean wants the Pacific to use its 'unique moral authority and obligation' to lead global discussions on climate and ocean change. Former Fiji ambassador to the UN, Peter Thomson, is advocating this approach ahead of the world body's Oceans Conference in Portugal next year. The Pacific has a moral obligation to the world as stewards of the planet's largest expanse of ocean, Mr Thomson said,...

 

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