By NNN-KUNA
United Nations : Kuwait on Wednesday expressed its conviction that adequate management and preservation of marine resources could be done only through building the capacities of developing countries, including through technology transfer, in order to enable them to better protect those resources.
Addressing the General Assembly as it discussed Law of the Sea, Mishal Abdul Muhsen Al Saeed said Kuwait attached great importance to the issue of Oceans and the Law of the Sea and called for improved coordination at all levels to address all aspects in a comprehensive manner and to consolidate measures in protecting biodiversity from the impacts of climate change.
He welcomed the States that recently acceded to the Convention on the Law of the Sea, bringing the number of States parties to 153, and urged those states that had not done so to accede to the Convention as soon as possible.
He also commended visible progress in the activities of all bodies established pursuant to the Convention, including the International Seabed Authority, and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
He recalled that Kuwait had acceded to the Convention on the Law of the Sea, and was a party to the Protocol on Marine Pollution resulting from the exploration and exploitation of the Continental Shelf.
Further, he added, Kuwait was the headquarters of the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment, recalling that Kuwait had also carried out a programme on that topic with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He concluded by calling on all States to cooperate in the preservation of marine resources, particularly by adhering to international conventions.