Mr. Clement Yow Mulalap delivered a statement at the Council of the ISA (specifically, in the Council’s Informal Working Group to develop exploitation regulations of the Mining Code on the protection and preservation of the marine environment) in Kingston, Jamaica

Micronesia remains committed to the full, fair, and equitable implementation of the Convention and its implementing agreements. In our view, the Convention and its implementing agreements represent important achievements of the international community with respect to, among other things, the protection and preservation of the marine environment from anthropogenic harms,...