UNOC 2025 Media

Press releases/media advisories

• Closing press release | UN Ocean Conference delivers unified call to action and strong commitments
• Press Release | UN Ocean Conference opens with calls for urgent action to safeguard the health of the ocean (9 June 2025)
• UN Press Release (English, French)
• Press Briefing | 2025 UN Ocean Conference: Accelerating action to conserve and sustainably use the ocean
• Third United Nations Ocean Conference set to accelerate urgent action for the sustainable use and conservation of the ocean (6 March 2025 - English)
• La troisième Conférence des Nations unies sur l’Océan visant à accélérer l’action en faveur de la conservation et l’utilisation durable de l’océan (FR)

UN Videos

• Save Our Ocean
• UN Ocean Conference Opens in Nice
• Over a third of fish stocks are being overexploited says FAO
• Now is the Time for the Plastics Pollution Treaty
• Three Takeaways from the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
• How Plankton and Seaweed Can Change the World
• Fabien Cousteau – Third Generation Voice for the Ocean
• Cabo Verde’s Blue Economy: Development through Sustainability
• Turning the Tide: The Mission to Save Senegal's Ocean
• Coral reefs are dying – but a new wave of science could bring them back

Press Briefing Programme

• UNOC3 Press Briefing Programme

SDG Media Zone

Join us during the 2025 UN Ocean Conference and hear about the transformation and solutions needed to accelerate action on the SDGs. The Conference aims to drive urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Ocean science, pollution, fishing, maritime transport, biodiversity, financing and cooperation are among the issues to be tackled. Organized by the UN Department of Global Communications, the SDG Media Zone takes the conversation out of the policy sphere and into the public discourse through impactful in-depth interviews and conversations on global issues that matter to people everywhere.

Full programme can be found here: https://www.un.org/en/sdgmediazone/oceans/programme

Live coverage of the plenary in English and French:

Live Meetings Coverage | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Couverture EN DIRECT des réunions et communiqués de presse

LIVE – Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Daily coverage of the plenary and round-table discussions in English and French:

#SaveOurOcean | Couverture des réunions & communiqués de presse

The Ocean Conference | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

In the news

• ‘No Ocean Declaration without small islands’: Delegates push for inclusion as UN summit nears end (UN News, 12 June)
• Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice (UN News, 12 June)
• ‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice (UN News, 11 June)
• The battle to quiet the sea: Can the shipping industry turn down the volume? (UN News, 10 June)
• Greed is driving oceans toward collapse (UN News, 10 June)
• No green without blue: Young ocean explorers set sail for a sustainable future (UN News, 9 June)
• Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France (UN News, 9 June 2025)
• Humans can't survive without a healthy Ocean: UN envoy (UN News, 6 June 2025)
• The world’s oceans are dying. Can a UN summit in Nice turn the tide? (UN News, 4 June 2025)
• Milestone moments to protect the ocean, ensure online safety and secure financing for a sustainable future [Video interview with Li Junhua, USG of UN DESA and Secretary-General of the UN Ocean Conference] (UN DESA, 2 June 2025)
• 3 things you should know about global efforts to save our ocean (UN DESA, 2 June 2025)
• SDG Blog by Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean (UN DESA, 1 May 2025)
• UNOC3 - Newsletter (16 May 2025)
• Oceans of opportunity squeezed dry by unsustainable use (UN News, 3 March 2025)
• Towards a brighter future for the ocean (UN DESA, 23 January 2025)
• From Tonga, Guterres appeals for ‘a surge in funds to deal with surging seas’ (UN News, 26 August 2024)
• World Oceans Day event highlights immediate protection measures needed (UN News, 7 June 2024)

Media kit

• Backgrounder - 2025 UN Ocean Conference - Media Kit
• Facts and Figures - 2025 UN Ocean Conference - Media Kit
• FAQs - 2025 UN Ocean Conference - Media Kit

Photo Coverage

UN Ocean Conference photos on Flickr

Branding

Please follow the Ocean Conference branding guidelines available here.

Please find the link to the form to request to use the logo here. 

The Ocean Conference logo is available for use in the six official languages of the UN. You can download it here.