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Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti

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2021-08-09
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  1. “For without security, the sustainable and responsible development of the oceans and its resources is impossible. We cannot afford to squander the future of this wondrous natural gift nor the futures of the billions of people who rely on it. Given the clear links between global security and our maritime spaces, we welcome efforts to further galvanize support for action. We look forward to working with this Council, and with communities and partners like India, to unlock the full potential of sustainable, peaceful and secure oceans and seas for us all.”

    2021-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/722 (2021) · source

  2. “Finally, our global response must include working with those people most affected by maritime security challenges. Across the United Nations family, we are working with impoverished coastal communities to develop new opportunities for decent and sustainable work, through technical assistance and capacity-building. We need to reduce the likelihood that desperate people will turn to crime and other activities that threaten maritime security and degrade our ocean environment. And we need to make sure that our oceans and seas can continue to thrive and can support humanity’s economic, social, cultural and environmental development for generations to come. Throughout our work, we need to ensure that our response recognizes the clear link between security and sustainability.”

    2021-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/722 (2021) · source

  3. “And we support many regional initiatives that are gathering partners around maritime security across the globe, from fighting piracy off the coast o f Somalia to ending armed robbery against ships in Asia, to tackling the growing insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea, to our work with the African Union and Arab States to strengthen security in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, to the Secretary-General’s Special Representatives and Envoys, who are working shoulder-to-shoulder with their national, regional and international counterparts to end maritime crime and piracy and peacefully settle competing claims. Partners are coming together like never before to strengthen maritime security. By lending your voice and support to these initiatives, this Council can draw increased attention and action to these efforts.”

    2021-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/722 (2021) · source

  4. “But this framework is only as strong as countries’ commitment to its full and effective implementation. We need to translate commitment into action. As the Secretary-General has said repeatedly, all States must live up to their obligations. And they must resolve any differences in relation to maritime security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. We welcome the concerted steps taken by the Security Council and Member States so far to strengthen international and regional cooperation on maritime security, and to do so in accordance with all related instruments – including the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.”

    2021-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/722 (2021) · source

  5. “And a response that brings together everyone with a stake in our maritime spaces, from governments and regional groups to shipping companies and the fishing and extraction industries, to those charged with keeping our maritime spaces secure from threats like piracy, robberies and terrorism, as well as transnational crime, including drug trafficking and the smuggling of migrants, and, always, to the people living in coastal communities who count on the ocean for their livelihoods and well-being. The good news is that we already have an international legal regime for maritime security, underpinned by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Convention and related instruments strike a careful balance between States’ sovereign rights, jurisdiction and freedoms, and their duties and obligations.”

    2021-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/722 (2021) · source

  6. “West Africa, the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, and the South China Sea were most affected by piracy and armed robbery against ships. The unprecedented levels of insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea are particularly concerning. Maritime insecurity is also compounding the terrorist threat emerging from the Sahel. These growing and interlinked threats call for a truly global and integrated response: a response that addresses these challenges and their root causes – including poverty, a lack of alternative livelihoods, insecurity and weak governance structures – in the immediate term.”

    2021-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/722 (2021) · source

  7. “They count on the oceans and seas for their daily social and cultural life – and for their livelihoods. Yet maritime security is being undermined at alarming levels. From challenges around contested boundaries and navigation routes that do not conform to international law, to the depletion of natural resources – including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing to armed attacks and crimes at sea, such as piracy, robbery, and terrorist acts. In fact, the first half of 2020 saw a nearly 20 per cent increase in reported acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships worldwide over the previous year. This was despite an overall decrease in the volume of maritime traffic due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In Asia, such incidents nearly doubled.”

    2021-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/722 (2021) · source

  8. “On behalf of the Secretary-General, I thank India for using its presidency to shine a light on a vital and complex issue – maritime security, and how we, as a global community, can and must work together to strengthen it. This Council has been increasingly focused on this issue over the last decade. Today’s debate is a chance to build on this important effort. Threats related to maritime security affect people in every country in the world – coastal and landlocked alike. We all depend on the world’s oceans and seas – not only for the air we breathe, for regulating our planet’s atmosphere and for their astounding biodiversity, but for their wealth of natural resources and for transportation and trade. For more than three billion people – the vast majority in developing countries – this issue takes on a special urgency.”

    2021-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/722 (2021) · source