Global trade and peace risk in maritime places – eSHOP24X7

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterresh, while approaching a high level discussion of the Security Council on Tuesday, said that the ocean and the sea are “sending a clear message of SOS.” The pressure of traditional threats and new positions in marine areas is increasing, including piracy, armed robbery, smuggling, terrorism, cyber attacks and regional disputes.

He said: “Since the time immemorial, the sea route has been linking the world with a thread. But maritime areas are under fast pressure … and without marine safety, there can be no global security.”

Increased piracy and attacks

The Secretary General pointed out the rapid increase in piracy and armed hand robbery in early 2025 and citing the statistics of the International Marine Organization (IMO) declared that such incidents have increased by 47 percent, compared to the same period last year.

This growth was the most obvious in Asia, especially in the busy aquatic region of Malacca and Singapore.

He also underlined the frequent attacks against shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden by Hutis combatants, interruption in the Black Sea and the Gulf of Guinea in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic, drugs and criminal networks increasing drugs and human trafficking.

This discussion was an important program for the month of May of the Security Council for the month of May. The country’s prime minister, Kiriyakos Mitsotakis, carried out actions with a hammer injury. At that time, many ministers were present in the room.

90 days of vomiting to collapse

Melina Travlos, president of the organization of the owners of the ships in Greece, gave a severe warning to the members of the Security Council: if the global shipping system stops, the world economy will collapse in just 90 days.

He described the shipping area as a “silent mentor of global well -being” and said that 90 percent of international trade and more than 12 billion tons of goods depend on maritime transport every year.

He said: “The shipping region units in the world, sometimes, but continuously.”

He asked for greater protection of sailors and marine infrastructure, between growing threats and more complex.

A ship, six days, loss of billions

The Professor of International Relations at the University of Copenhagen, Christian Buegar, reminded the ambassadors that in 2021, a ship, civilate, blocked the Swayz channel for six days, causing a loss of billions of dollars in the global economy.

He cited a 300 percent increase in maritime trade since the 1990s, saying: “We have never depended so much on the sea in history as much as today.”

Professor Bouger urged member countries to adopt more systematic evidence based on maritime security and, at the same time, urged global reprisals that is similar to the same as the faces he faces.

Continue following marine law

Secretary General Antonio Gutershus introduced a three -dimensional strategy to strengthen marine safety and emphasized that a decisive and coordinated global action is required, regardless of personal differences or shipping interruptions.

These include following international laws, treating the fundamental causes of marine insecurity and strengthening the global association.

The United Nations Chief emphasized that permanent solutions would require the cooperation of governments, regional organizations, the private sector and civil society, including women and girls, which are affected unequally by marine crimes.

He said: “Collectively, we have to make more efforts to reduce the possibility that desperate people do not resort to crime and other activities that cause marine security and our marine environment is bad.”

“The United Nations system is ready to support member countries, to guarantee peaceful, safe and rich maritime spaces for future generations.”