Ocean Conference

UN announces first-ever World Ocean Festival

With global leaders heading to the United Nations for a major conference in June on the protection and sustainable use of the planet’s oceans, the UN today announced that the inaugural World Ocean Festival will kick off the week-long event, with activists and enthusiasts taking to the streets – and waterways – of New York City to raise their voices to reverse the declining health of our oceans.

2018-04-22T11:53:47-04:0011 Apr 2017|Goal 14: Life Below Water, News|

FEATURE: Humanity at the core as UN readies for first-ever Ocean Conference

Mr. Koroilavesau was speaking recently at a panel discussion on the margins of the first preparatory meeting – convened by the President of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York – for the first-ever UN Ocean Conference, to be co-hosted by the Governments of Fiji and Sweden, from 5 June to 9 June 2017.

2018-04-22T11:54:07-04:0028 Mar 2017|Goal 14: Life Below Water, News|
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