National Oceanographic and Maritime Institute (NOAMI) organized a webinar on 09 June 2022 on the occasion of United Nations World Oceans Day 2022. The webinar focused on the issue of international law and maritime disputes. The program was designed keeping the theme of World Oceans Day in mind – Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean.
 

The seminar started with the welcome speech of the Chair of the session Prof. Dr. A S M Maksud Kamal. Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khurshed Alam, MPhil, ndc, psc, Secretary, Maritime Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh delivered the keynote speech. He started his presentation with a brief outline of the global legal regime on maritime disputes. Then, he shared the detailed trajectories of the settlement of Bangladesh’s maritime disputes with Myanmar and India. He candidly shared his experiences with the legal procedures focusing on the challenges and strategies of Bangladesh in these two cases. Dr. Mohan Kumar Das, Executive Director, NOAMI moderated the whole session. Research Officers of BIMRAD participated in the session.