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Διπλωματική ήττα της Τουρκίας εντός του ΟΗΕ 🧵 in English philenews.com/eidiseis/polit…

🇹🇷 attempted to put a formal procedure to a vote in the United Nations and in the end only succeeded in isolating itself as no state followed it in challenging the Convention on the Law of the Sea. The resolution reiterates the universality of the Convention on the Law of the Sea

The openings that Turkey has been making in recent years, in various directions, aim, among other things, at the country gaining a strong foothold in international fora, such as the United Nations.

It seems that at the moment no country, no matter how much it thanks Turkey for its support and assistance, is still willing to abandon international conventions of the United Nations. Such as the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution on the Oceans and the Law of the Sea each year in December. A formal procedure that takes place without the need for a vote. This has been happening all these years.

At the last meeting of 2020, Turkey (which is currently chairing the UN General Assembly) decided to request a vote between the member states of the international organization.

Certainly behind the decision to request the vote was not the recording of 🇹🇷 opposition to the Law of the Sea, since it could do so without a vote. 🇹🇷may have hoped that countries would follow through this process, which would allow 🇹🇷 to challenge the Convention.

A narrative that she would use as a weapon in promoting her plans in the East Med to the detriment of 🇨🇾 and 🇬🇷. In a December UN vote, 152 countries voted in favor of the General Assembly report, one against, 🇹🇷 and four abstained from Colombia, Madagascar, Nigeria and Venezuela

A statement from the UN General Assembly said: "Through the 56-page text, the Summit reaffirmed the unifying character of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and its vital importance in maintaining its integrity. It calls on all States which have not done so to become Parties

to the Convention and Section XI of the Agreement establishing the International Seabed Authority and offering a status for minerals outside the territorial waters of a State or the Exclusive Economic Zone.

At the same time, it calls on those States that have not done so to sign the Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of ​​10 December 1982 ".

It further "invites all States to harmonize their national law with the provisions of the Convention and, if they have not already done so, to submit to the Secretary-General the lists or lists of geographical coordinates as defined by the Convention." - The end

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