Lisbon Declaration

I hope that this meeting in Cape Town provides you with the opportunity to take important steps along this path as you prepare to write your Lisbon Declaration on the Oceans.

SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE INDEPENDENT WORLD COMMISSION ON THE OCEANS 1997

I hope that this meeting in Cape Town provides you with the opportunity to take important steps along this path as you prepare to write your Lisbon Declaration on the Oceans.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

Lisbon Declaration which will be adopted by the heads of state during the summit in the Portuguese capital, "Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed

ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

Urgency is of the essence, as the feared extreme climate disturbances appear to be getting more frequent as was anticipated, and with far greater intensity• The Manado Ocean Declaration reiterates the need to address the various concerns regarding the oceans, but sternly communicates that action cannot be postponed• The Lisbon Statement of 2008, reviewing the ten years from the Lisbon Declaration calling for concerted and integrated action on the oceans, articulated that call with equal urgency• Indeed, the recent calamities achieved what words could not, bringing about greater awareness and popular demand for action in their wake•

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