Bahrain is strongly committed to marine environmental protection, considering the safeguarding of the oceans and seas a humanitarian and ethical duty, Transportation and Telecommunications Minister Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa has said.The minister emphasised that Bahrain viewed international conventions and treaties as fundamental for building a safe and sustainable maritime sector when he addressed the 34th session of the General Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) held at the IMO headquarters in London yesterday .
