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Message by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on World Oceans Day
聯合國秘書長安東尼奧·古特雷斯世界海洋日致辭
8 June 2024
2024年6月8日
The ocean sustains and enhances all life on Earth.
海洋維系和滋養著地球上的所有生命。
But our ocean is in trouble. And we only have ourselves to blame.
然而，我們的海洋正陷入困境。而一切皆是我們咎由自取。
Climate change is triggering rising seas and threatening the very existence of small island developing states and coastal populations.
氣候變化正在引發海平面上升，威脅到小島嶼發展中國家和沿海人口的生存。
Record sea temperatures are sparking extreme weather events that affect us all.
創紀錄的海水溫度正在引發影響我們所有人的極端天氣事件。
Ocean acidification is destroying coral reefs, breaking a vital link in food chains and threatening tourism and local economies.
海洋酸化正在摧毀珊瑚礁，破壞這一重要的食物鏈環節，威脅旅游業和當地經濟。
And unsustainable coastal development, overfishing, deep-sea mining, unchecked pollution and plastic waste are wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems across the globe.
不可持續的沿海開發、過度捕撈、深海采礦、肆意污染和塑料廢物正在嚴重破壞全球海洋生態系統。
Yet there are glimmers of hope.
然而，尚有一線希望。
Last year, the UN General Assembly adopted the historic Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction – the most significant new treaty on ocean governance in decades.
去年，聯合國大會通過了具有歷史意義的《〈聯合國海洋法公約〉下國家管轄范圍以外區域海洋生物多樣性的養護和可持續利用協定》——這是幾十年來關于海洋治理的最重要的新條約。
The process underway to develop a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution provides another opportunity to advance our shared goal of protecting our ocean.
目前正在制定一項旨在結束塑料污染的具有法律約束力的條約，這為推進我們保護海洋的共同目標提供了又一個機會。
The recent opinion by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is another breakthrough, calling on nations to take measures to reduce, control and prevent marine pollution caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
另一個突破是，國際海洋法法庭最近發表意見，呼吁各國采取措施，減少、控制和防止溫室氣體排放造成的海洋污染。
This year’s Summit of the Future and next year’s UN Oceans Conference in France are further opportunities to commit to action that can restore and protect our precious marine and coastal ecosystems.
今年的未來峰會和明年在法國舉行的聯合國海洋大會將為我們承諾采取行動、恢復和保護我們寶貴的海洋和沿海生態系統提供更多機會。
Now is the time for governments, businesses, investors, scientists and communities to come together in defense of our ocean.
現在是各國政府、企業、投資者、科學家和社區齊心協力保護海洋的時候了。
On World Oceans Day, let’s heed this year’s theme, and awaken new depths of action for our ocean.
值此世界海洋日之際，讓我們關注今年的主題，為我們的海洋喚醒新的行動深度。
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