UNGA 2023: Oyetola Arrives In New York …Attends Ministerial Meeting On Atlantic Cooperation
Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola , who has left the country to attend the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations, has arrived in New York, USA.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his Media Office on Sunday had noted that while in New York , the minister would be meeting with the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken yesterday .
He had since attended the ministerial meeting on Atlantic Cooperation on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The United States has launched a co-operation pact with countries touching the Atlantic Ocean in Europe and Africa as it seeks to ramp up economic, environmental and scientific ties across the region.
The meeting, which was at the instance of the US government, focused on partnership for Atlantic Cooperation.
The United States, through the initiative for Atlantic Cooperation, is working to create a multilateral forum to bring together coastal Atlantic States around a set of shared principles and advance shared interests across the entire Atlantic area.
The statement quoted Oyetola as submitting that the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy under his leadership will pursue the implementation of the SDG 14 which is essentially about the sustainable utilization, management and preservation of ocean resources for economic development and improved livelihood.
He added that with his eyes on SDG -14, the 5 Ps of sustainable development will be achieved under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership through the ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.
The 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly holds between September 17 and 22 .
This is Oyetola’s second ‘global engagement’ since becoming Blue Economy minister on August 21, 2023 . He had last week represented Nigeria at the 13th Port State Control Committee meeting of the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central Africa region (Abuja MoU), in Côte d’Ivoire -Team@orientactualmags.com
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