The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday June 8th, 2022 – World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day is an international day that takes place annually on 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “World Oceans Day” was officially recognised by the United Nations in 2008. The international day supports the implementation of worldwide Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fosters public interest in the protection of the ocean and the sustainable management of its resources.
7 years of Buhari dwindling expectations by Kola King
The Buhari administration clocked 7 on May 29 having clinched power in 2015. Back then the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was defeated in the presidential elections by General Muhammadu Buhari who ran on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC. That election was Buhari’s fourth shot at the presidency. He went on to win reelection in 2019 against the opposition candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Buhari’s 2015 upset victory was the first time an incumbent at the centre had lost elections in Nigeria’s political history. Naturally, there were a lot of inflated expectations and high hopes that the Buhari administration swept into power on the mantra of change will clean the Augean stable and set the nation on the path of rapid growth and development.
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Distillation #poem by George Cassidy Payne
“Having grown bored
with wisdom, resting
by an old fence of fist”
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Our Common Oceans and Seas by Rene Wadlow
The Association of World Citizens has long been concerned with the Law of the Sea and had been active during the 10-year negotiations on the law of the sea during the 1970s, the meetings being held one month a year, alternatively in New York and Geneva. The world citizens position for the law of the sea was largely based on a three-point framework:
a) that the oceans and seas were the common heritage of humanity and should be seen as a living symbol of the unity of humanity;
b) that ocean management should be regulated by world law created as in as democratic manner as possible;
c)
that the wealth of the oceans, considered as the common heritage of
mankind should contain mechanisms of global redistribution, especially
for the development of the poorest, a step toward a more just economic
order, on land as well as at sea.
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Mika Toxica #027 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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