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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:5th UN Ocean Forum side event: International fisheries access agree
 ments - Challenges and opportunities to optimize development impacts
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DESCRIPTION:Fisheries provide significant potential for many countries\, pa
 rticularly developing and least developed countries (LDCs) as well as Smal
 l Island Developing States (SIDS). These benefits range from revenue gene
 ration to opportunities for value addition\, export diversification\, job 
 creation\, food security\, poverty reduction\, community development and o
 ther important social and cultural contributions.  Beyond the national f
 ishing effort\, distant water fishing (DWF) has existed for centuries and 
 has enabled many nations to seek fisheries resources beyond their own Excl
 usive Economic Zones (EEZs)\, from resource-holding coastal states mostly 
 in developing countries. International Fisheries Access Agreements are to
 ols for governing the use of marine resources in the EEZs of coastal state
 s\, regulating the terms under which DWF fleets access fisheries stocks. I
 t is crucial to ensure that these agreements respect and support sustainab
 le fisheries management principles and generate benefits for development.
  This topic is explored in the recent UNCTAD study International Fisherie
 s Access Agreements – challenges and opportunities to optimize developme
 nt impacts which will be discussed in the side event organized in the marg
 ins of the UN Ocean Forum (see attached concept note).ProgrammeModerator: 
 David Vivas Eugui\, Chief (a.i) of the Trade\, Environment and Sustainabl
 e Development Branch\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)Introduction of UN
 CTAD study: Ms Johanna Silvander\, Programme Management Officer\, Division
  for Africa\, LDCs and Special Programmes\, UNCTADComment: Mr Lahsen Ababo
 uch\, Independent Consultant\, Former FAO Director for Fisheries Policy an
 d Economics (video)Panelists: Jessy Carmelle Petit-Frère\, Former Minist
 er of Commerce and Industry (Haiti)Yuvan Beejadhur\, Senior Adviser to the
  Director-General\, World Trade Organization Mr. Peter Wekesa\, Environme
 nt and Natural Resource Governance Expert\, Organisation of African\, Cari
 bbean and Pacific Stateshttps://unctad.org/publication/international-fishe
 ries-access-agreements-challenges-and-opportunities-optimize\n\nView meeti
 ng on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/5th-un-ocean-forum-side-event
 -international-fisheries-access-agreements-challenges-and
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