Documentation
Official Documents
- A/CONF.230/2022/14 - Report of the 2022 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
- A/CONF.230/2022/12 - Draft Declaration: Note by the Secretariat [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
- A/CONF.230/2022/L.2 - Draft report [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
- A/CONF.230/2022/13 - Report of the Credentials Committee [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
- A/CONF.230/2022/1 – Provisional Agenda
- A/CONF.230/2022/2 – Provisional rules of procedure
- A/CONF.230/2022/3 – Organizational and procedural matters
- A/CONF.230/2022/INF/1 - Information Note for Participants
Resolutions
- A/CONF.230/2022/L.1 - Draft resolution submitted by the Presidents of the Conference (Kenya and Portugal) [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
- A/RES/73/292 - 2020 United Nations Conference to Support Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
[Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish] - General Assembly decision 74/548 - Decision to postpone the Conference to a later date
17 May 2022 | Briefing to Member States on the 2022 UN Ocean Conference
- Remarks by Mr. Liu Zhenmin, USG
- Statement by PR of Portugal
- Statement by PR of Kenya
- Statement by Vladimir Jares, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
15 Feb 2022 | Contributions from Member States to the concept papers on the themes of the interactive dialogues
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Japan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of Turkey
- Singapore
- Sweden
- USA
Concept papers and provisional agenda for the interactive dialogues
- Interactive dialogue 1: Addressing marine pollution [Concept Paper] [Provisional Agenda]
- Interactive dialogue 2: Managing, protecting, conserving and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems [Concept Paper] [Provisional Agenda]
- Interactive dialogue 3: Minimizing and addressing ocean acidification, deoxygenation and ocean warming [Concept Paper] [Provisional Agenda]
- Interactive dialogue 4: Making fisheries sustainable and providing access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets [Concept Paper] [Provisional Agenda]
- Interactive dialogue 5: Promoting and strengthening sustainable ocean-based economies, in particular for small island developing States and least developed countries [Concept Paper] [Provisional Agenda]
- Interactive dialogue 6: Increasing scientific knowledge and developing research capacity and transfer of marine technology [Concept Paper] [Provisional Agenda]
- Interactive dialogue 7: Enhancing the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea [Concept Paper] [Provisional Agenda]
- Interactive dialogue 8: Leveraging interlinkages between Sustainable Development Goal 14 and other Goals towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda [Concept Paper] [Provisional Agenda]
Decisions
Letters
- 4 March 2022 | Letter from co-facilitators on rescheduling the second informal consultations of the 2022 UNOC declaration
- 22 February 2022 | USG Letter_UN System_2022 Ocean Conference Invitation
- 14 February 2022 | Letter from co-facilitators on the second informal consultations of the 2022 UNOC declaration
- 14 January 2022 | USG Letter_All Member States_2022 Ocean Conference and Interactive Dialogues
- 10 January 2022 | Letter from the Co-facilitators - UN Ocean Conference - SDG 14
- 12 January 2022 | Letter from the President of the General Assembly - UN Ocean Conference - SDG 14
- 13 April 2020 | Letter from the President of the General Assembly
- President of the General Assembly announces the dates for the preparatory meeting of the 2020 UN Ocean Conference
- Secretary-General’s invite to the Conference issued to all countries [English] [French] [Spanish]
- Under-Secretary-General and Conference Secretary-General calls for contributions to the Trust Fund
Other documents
- Background note
- Specially Accredited organizations to attend the 2020 UN Ocean Conference and Preparatory Meeting – First Round
- Logos
- December 2019 | President of the General Assembly announces the dates for the preparatory meeting of the 2020 UN Ocean Conference.
- November 2019 | Denmark and Palau will serve as co-facilitators of the 2020 UN Ocean Conference, overseeing the preparatory process and leading intergovernmental consultations on the outcome declaration.
- June 2019 | United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, as Secretary-General of the 2020 UN Ocean Conference.
- June 2019 | United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, as Special Adviser to the Presidents of the Conference on oceans and legal matters.
Contributions from UN System to the concept paper of interactive dialogue 8:
"Leveraging interlinkages between Sustainable Development Goal 14 and other Goals towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda"
Background note
Inputs to the Background note