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Isabelle Picco, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations. Photo: DC[/caption]
HE Mrs Isabelle Picco, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations, took part in the debate on the theme of the oceans and the law of the sea during the UN’s 71st General Assembly, in which she restated the strong commitment of the Principality to the health of the oceans.
In her address, she pointed to the actions of Monaco in the field of combating plastic pollution and announced the creation of the Trust Fund for Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean, which has granted its first funding.
In addition, the role of the Monaco Science Centre and the IAEA Environmental Laboratories, in the field of ocean acidification and its socio-economic impacts, was emphasised. At the same meeting, UN Member States adopted the annual resolution on the sustainability of fisheries and proclaimed May 2 as “World Tuna Day”.
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Le Lauzet-Ubaye. Photo: Facebook Alpes de Haute-Provence Tourisme[/caption]
The Office of Action and Social Assistance (DASO), in collaboration with the Princess Stephanie Youth Centre, is offering summer camp stays, which will take place in a campsite in the Alpes-de-France-Haute-Provence, in the town of Le Lauzet-Ubaye.
These sessions will take place from Sunday, July 1, to Saturday July 14; Sunday, July 15, to Saturday, July 28; and again between Sunday, July 29, and Saturday, August 11.
For information about complementary programmes and prices for 8- to 12-year-olds and 13- to 15-year-olds, those interested should contact DASO: 23 avenue Albert II, 3rd floor above Carrefour, from 9:30 am to 5 pm (tel: 377 98 98 88 73), or the Princess Stephanie Youth Centre at 45 avenue des Papalins, from 3 pm to 7 pm (tel: 377 93 50 75 05).
