Greece at the UNGA: Freedom of navigation is a fundamental pillar of international peace and security

The Greek delegation, addressing the UN General Assembly successful the statement connected the usage of the veto successful the Security Council, said it aligned itself with the UN connection and stressed that “freedom of navigation is simply a cardinal pillar of planetary peace, information and economical prosperity.”

As the governmental coordinator of the Permanent Representation of Greece, Mr. Thanopoulos stressed, this is “one of the oldest and astir recognizable principles of planetary law”, which is enshrined successful the United Nations Convention connected the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which sets “the cosmopolitan and azygous ineligible model wrong which each activities successful the oceans and seas indispensable beryllium conducted”.

The Greek delegation stressed that Greece, “as a starring maritime nation”, remains “deeply committed to the defence of maritime information and state of navigation successful accordance with planetary law”, explaining that successful this discourse it voted successful favour of the draught solution tabled by Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The proposal, helium noted, “underscores the value of ensuring the transition of commercialized ships done the Strait of Hormuz successful accordance with planetary law,” calling the transition “one of the astir captious oversea lanes successful the satellite and a captious artery for planetary commercialized and planetary economical prosperity.”

Referring to the determination crisis, Greece stressed that the struggle has “direct implications not lone for the Gulf portion but for each states”, expressing “firm solidarity with GCC partners” and condemning “Iran’s amerciable and unprovoked rocket and drone attacks against countries successful the Gulf region, including civilian infrastructure and captious vigor facilities”.

At the aforesaid time, it expressed heavy interest astir “ongoing disruptions to planetary vigor and cultivation supplies done this captious maritime corridor,” informing of “imminent and unprecedented impacts, including nutrient and medicine shortages, felt by the full planetary community, peculiarly by the astir susceptible populations.”

The Greek connection besides condemned “any unjustified onslaught connected planetary merchant shipping, which endangers the information of guiltless seafarers, successful usurpation of planetary law,” stressing that “seafarers’ lives and harmless commercialized navigation indispensable beryllium respected successful each circumstances.”

At the aforesaid time, helium expressed regret that “despite intensive consultations and a communal knowing of the value of maritime information successful the Strait of Hormuz, the Security Council failed to scope statement and follow a resolution.”

In conclusion, Greece welcomed the ceasefire statement betwixt the US and Iran, called for “an urgent cessation of hostilities successful Lebanon arsenic well” and praised determination partners for their publication to mediation efforts, stressing that “the de-escalation of hostilities and a implicit cessation of attacks successful the portion are indispensable to make the indispensable conditions for diplomatic engagement towards a viable and lasting peaceful solution”.