{"id":62772,"date":"2025-10-11T07:51:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/us-visa-threats-against-un-members-supporting-imo-plan"},"modified":"2025-10-11T08:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:01:37","slug":"us-visa-threats-against-un-members-supporting-imo-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/us-visa-threats-against-un-members-supporting-imo-plan","title":{"rendered":"US Visa Threats Against UN Members Supporting IMO Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The United States on Friday threatened to use visa restrictions and sanctions to retaliate against nations that vote in favor of a plan put forward by a United Nations agency to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from ocean shipping.<\/p>\n<p>U.N. member nations are scheduled to vote next week on the International Maritime Organization\u2019s Net-Zero Framework proposal to reduce global carbon dioxide gas emissions from the international shipping sector, which handles around 80% of world trade and accounts for close to 3% of global greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n<p>Large container carriers, under pressure from investors to fight climate change, generally agree that a global regulatory framework is crucial to speeding up decarbonisation. Still, some of the world\u2019s biggest oil tanker companies said they had \u201cgrave concerns\u201d about the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Administration unequivocally rejects this proposal before the IMO and will not tolerate any action that increases costs for our citizens, energy providers, shipping companies and their customers, or tourists,\u201d U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cproposal poses significant risks to the global economy and subjects not just Americans, but all IMO member states to an unsanctioned global tax regime that levies punitive and regressive financial penalties,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Without global regulation, the maritime industry would face a patchwork of regulations and increasing costs without effectively curbing climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions, supporters of the IMO proposal have said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is considering retaliation against U.N. countries that support the plan, the U.S. officials said in Friday\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>That includes potentially blocking vessels flagged in those nations from U.S. ports, imposing visa restrictions and fees, and slapping sanctions on officials \u201csponsoring activist-driven climate policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The United States on Friday threatened to use visa restrictions and sanctions to retaliate against nations that vote in favor of a plan put forward by a United Nations agency to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from ocean shipping. 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