The theme of the session was "promoting economic, social and environmental cooperation on oceans for sustainable development”. "However, the pandemic is also showing some silver linings on the change of global efforts to deal with climate change and growing competition for natural resources. In her message, Hasina stressed on regional cooperation for capacity building of developing countries for sustainable use of marine resources. Hasina highlighted Bangladesh's commitment to promoting the growth of the blue economy as part of the long-term national development strategy. Besides Hasina, Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Fiji Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama and Prime Minister of Tuvalu Kausea Natano also sent their video messages to the Commission.

Source: bd News24 May 21, 2020 07:07 UTC