UN launches plan to protect oceans, tackle sea levels

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched a new initiative on Sunday to protect the world’s oceans from pollution and over-fishing and to tackle rising sea levels which threaten hundreds of millions of people across the globe.

The UN chief Sunday announced an initiative to protect oceans from pollution and over-fishing and to combat rising sea levels which threaten hundreds of millions of the world's people.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the "Oceans Compact" initiative sets out a strategic vision for the UN system to more effectively tackle the "precarious state" of the world's seas.

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