Samuda calls for simpler, connected system for seaside residents during UN speech
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September 24, 2026
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NEW YORK, United States — Jamaica’s Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, took a clear message to the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday, emphasising that the ocean is one system, and the rules that protect it should work as one too.
“The ocean is one connected system. Our governance should reflect that reality,” Samuda told the Solutions Dialogue on Ocean Action and Leadership at UN Headquarters in New York.
Speaking for the fishers, coastal families and small island nations who live by the sea every day, the minister said the world does not lack ocean agreements. The problem is making them work together on the ground.
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