World Oceans Day 2016 was a truly special one here at United Nations headquarters in New York. The day began with a special ceremony on the pier near the sustainable canoe Hokule’a, which has been sailing the seas promoting healthy oceans around the world.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined the Polynesian-style celebration, asking that we recommit to using the oceans’ gifts “peacefully, equitably and sustainably.”
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- Chenae Bullock and Bryan Polite of the Shinnecock Nation in NY pose with Goal 14 at the Hokule’a event. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Dancers from the Kaiwikuamo’o school in Hawaii pose with the Goal 14 Life Below Water icon. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- An event participant holds the message in a bottle that the Secretary-General left aboard the Hokule’a when he visited the vessel in Samoa in 2014. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Nainoa Thompson pose at the pier. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Ban Ki-moon receives the message in a bottle that he gave to the Hokule’a crew back in Samoa in 2014. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Under-Secretary-General Gyan Chandra Acharya, Palau President Tommy Remengesau, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Hokule’a Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson drink a traditional Polynesian friendship drink. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Hokulea Crew Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson knows it’s critical to support oceans via Goal 14 of the #GlobalGoals. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Hawaiian men prepare the Secretary-General’s gifts. UN Photo/Florencia Soto Nino
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- Palau President Tommy Remengesau supports Goal 14. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Musician Jack Johnson takes a moment for Goal 14 ahead of a World Oceans Day performance. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Students attend a Polynesian “talk circle” discussion at the UN. UN Photo/Ariel Alexovich
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- Secretary-General and USG Gyan Chandra Archaya at Hokulea sustainable canoe friendship ceremony (Long Island City, NY) UN Photo/Florencia Soto Nino