Africa-Press – Mauritius. On 06 April 2022, Hon. Alan Ganoo, Minister of Land Transport and Light Rail and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade gave a Keynote Address at the High-Level Segment: “Towards a Blue Deal for post-COVID 19 recovery and resilience” during the UNCTAD’s 4th Oceans Forum on trade-related aspects of Sustainable Development Goal 14, which was held from 06 to 08 April 2022.
In his Keynote Address the Hon. A. Ganoo covered diverse and cross-cutting topics, ranging from the transition towards a sustainable ocean economy through socio-economic recovery, to the exploration of the emerging concept of a “Blue Deal”. Hon A.
Ganoo also highlighted that the Forum comes at an opportune moment, as it will provide a platform to define the contours of new economic frontiers and the need to adopt sustainable best practices and coherent ocean economic policies, to ensure the preservation and management of marine and coastal ecosystems.
Hon A. Ganoo also stressed on the need to empower Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to take advantage of the Ocean economy as part of the post-pandemic recovery efforts.
The deliberations that ensued from the Keynote Address will provide substantial inputs to the United Nations Ocean Conference scheduled for June-July 2022 in Lisbon.
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