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Amid a human rights violation shaped through the crew change crisis, four UN bodies launched a Human Rights Due Diligence Tool for cargo owners and charterers, which contains a wide-ranging set of guidance to help enterprises protect the human rights of seafarers. 

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber welcomed the joint statement signed by the heads of the five UN bodies on March 25, calling on governments to give priority to Seafarers in the National Vaccination Program to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

ICS welcomed the joint statement signed by the heads of five UN bodies calling for seafarers to be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccinations.

A UN mission to inspect the long-abandoned fuel tanker FSO Safer, which lies off Yemen threatening to cause an oil spill, has been postponed for March, due to "delays with international shipping", the body said. 

Amid the crew change crisis within shipping industry due to the pandemic, a group of 85 major investors sent a letter to the UN, urging for an immediate solution to be taken.

In an effort to build a global coalition for carbon neutrality, UN Secretary-General António Guterres during a conference on climate action, called for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Committee of Experts sent a strong message to governments that they have failed in their duty of care towards seafarers under international law during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Celebrating 20 years of action, the UN Global Compact invites everyone to take part in a simple social media activation to commemorate the twin anniversaries.

The pressure is mounting on governments to designate seafarers as key workers, with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) highlighting that the possibility of forced labour and human rights abuse is a serious challenge.

Making peace with nature must be the top priority for everyone, everywhere, in the 21st century, while COVID-19 recovery and the planet’s repair can be two sides of the same coin, were the key messages of UN Secretary-General António Guterres during a landmark speech on the state of the planet at Columbia University in New York.