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Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Monica Medina and members of the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs delegation are pictured at Stockholm+50 in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 2022. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

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