Source: World Economic Forum
Original Date Posted: 5/5/2020
"National responses to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic are threatening the integrity of vital global supply chains.
The United Nations Global Compact is calling for a comprehensive, systemic and coordinated global approach.
A global 'key worker' status recognising essential ocean-based services would give these workers a right to transit and medical attention.
Almost 90% of global trade is transported by sea. At the same time, the offshore industry is a major component of global energy supply, while mariculture and capture fisheries constitute vitally important sources of food and animal feeds."
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