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Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries
Photo title: Great White Shark photographed near Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
Ban warns of untold damage inflicted on seas, marking first World Oceans Day
by UN News Centre
08 June 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked the first United Nations World Oceans Day with a warning of the “terrible toll” human activity exacts on the world’s oceans and seas, with a new report highlighting the threat of the rising tide of marine garbage.