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LOCATION:New York\, United States of America
SUMMARY:Fisheries subsidies: The path toward a sustainable global agreement
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DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n \n\n​With the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
 \, Heads of State have signed on to the goal of prohibiting subsidies that
  contribute to overfishing\, and to illegal and unregulated fishing by 202
 0.\n\n \n\n \n\nSuch fisheries subsidy forecasts amount between US$ 20 t
 o US$ 35 billion contributing to natural resource declines\, as well as to
  ecosystem deterioration\, unemployment\, poverty and food insecurity. In 
 addition\, they create distortions in international markets and may contri
 bute to greenhouse gas emissions.\n\n \n\n91 countries\, 4 Intergovernmen
 tal Organizations and more than 15 Civil Society Organizations backed the 
 joint UNCTAD\, FAO and UN Environment initiative (at the UNCTAD 14 Confere
 nce in Nairobi\, July 2016)  effectively signing onto a roadmap to end su
 ch harmful and distortive fisheries subsidies and move toward a sustainabl
 e trading path.\n\n \n\nThis session aims to gather actors to discuss nex
 t steps for accelerating the removal of harmful fisheries subsidies and fo
 r converging on a global agreement. It will also seek to encourage the dep
 osit of voluntary commitments by Member States to reform and ultimately ph
 ase-out harmful fishery subsidies.\n\n \n\nThe objective is to build on t
 he momentum created by the joint declaration and focus on scaling the deli
 very of the four-point action plan toward a call for a binding global agre
 ement on fisheries subsidies at 11th WTO Ministerial Conference.\n\n \n\n
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 7FDE419D443\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fish
 eries-subsidies-path-toward-sustainable-global-agreement
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