Vietnam contributes to building UN instrument for marine biological diversity
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction concluded in New York on March 5, with participants reaching an agreement on the instrument.
Hanoi(VNA) – The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Conference on aninternational legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention onthe Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marinebiological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction concluded in NewYork on March 5, with participants reaching an agreement on the instrument.
The Vietnamesedelegation, led by Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative ofVietnam to the UN, made several proposals on regulations related to the building of capacity and transfer of maritime technologies in the interests of developing countries,while advocating contents in line with the UNCLOS, protecting the rightsand interest of Vietnam.
The agreement is considered a historical milestone inmaritime protection in the context that countries are implementing the Agenda2030 on Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal No.14 on thesustainable restoration and exploitation of the sea and maritime resources.
It underlined the principle of considering marinegenetic resources as the common heritage of mankind and will be shared in afair and equitable manner.
Vietnamese delegation at the session was led by Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN (Photo: VNA)
Particularly, for the first time, the document mentioned a digital sequence information on genetic resources as a digitalasset that is closely attached with the maritime genetic resources and relevantinterests shared by the entire mankind following a mechanism defined at theagreement.
The document hasimportant implications for regulating biodiversity-related activities across awide range of oceans. In the context of the gap in access and exploitation ofmarine genetic resources between developed and developing countries, thedocument marks a compromise between groups of countries with different interestsin promoting activities of conservation and sustainable exploitation of marinegenetic resources beyond national jurisdictions as well as capacity buildingand technology transfer, while ensuring equality in the sharing of benefits fromthe sustainable exploitation and use of the rich marine genetic resources.
As scheduled, anothersession will be convened to approve the document before submitting it to the UNGeneral Assembly./.
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Vietnamese delegation at the session was led by Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN (Photo: VNA) 
