As the ocean continues “in dire straits,” the unique landmark UN Convention on the Law of the Sea reportedly adopted about 40 years back is now more relevant than ever before, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres mentioned on Thursday.
Guterres made these remarks as he addressed a UN General Assembly meeting to commemorate the 40th anniversary of both the opening and adoption for the signature of the UN Convention on Law of the Sea.
Adopted back in 1982, the convention had started a new...