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The UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) official Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh undertook a 315-mile marathon swim ending at the tip of Manhattan, to emphasise the urgent need to protect the world's waterways ahead of the UN's landmark High Seas Treaty and Climate Ambition Summit next week.

Press conference by David Nanopoulos, Chief of the Treaty Section and Vladimir Jares, Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat on the annual Treaty Event.

General Assembly: 95th plenary meeting, 77th session.

The Common Oceans Program is a global alliance of stakeholders and partners committed to transformational change, promoting sustainable use of marine resources and strengthened biodiversity conservation in the areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ).