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Guterres: World Oceans Day is a
responsibility, opportunity
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres highlighted how the pandemic has created greater awareness of the
connections people all over the world share as he observed World Oceans Day.
"As we work to end the pandemic and build back better, we have a once in a
generation opportunity -- and responsibility -- to correct our relationship
with the natural world, including the world's seas and oceans," he said.Full
Story: Times Now News (Noida, India) (6/8), Anadolu Agency (Turkey) (6/8),
Thomson Reuters Foundation (6/8)
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