Preparatory Meeting for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
Tue 02 Jul 2024, 10.00 amRelated
Background
As mandated in the General Assembly resolution 78/128, the President of the General Assembly convened a preparatory meeting, on 2 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, chaired by the two host countries of the Conference, Costa Rica and France, to consider the themes for the Ocean Action panels and elements for the declaration, taking into the call by Member States for a brief, concise, action-oriented and intergovernmentally agreed declaration.
As requested by the same resolution, a Background Note has been prepared in coordination with the two Presidents of the Conference, which included a proposal for themes of the Ocean Action panels, for the preparatory meeting.
Participation of representatives of accredited non-governmental organizations, major groups and other stakeholders is available here.
Live stream of the Preparatory Meeting for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference:
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k123uzfvup
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19fjm9onv
Documents:
Letter from PGA to Member States on the Themes of Ocean Action Panels, 16 July 2024
Preliminary Programme of the Preparatory Meeting for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
President of the General Assembly transmitting the preliminary programme of the Preparatory Meeting
Background Note for the preparatory process for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
Statements delivered during the Preparatory Meeting for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
- PGA
- UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Amb. Peter Thomson
- UN DESA, USG Li Junhua
- Bangladesh
- DOALOS
- Dominican Republic
- EU and EU member states
- FAO
- Japan
- Mexico
- Norway
- Russian Federation
- SAMOA
- Singapore
- Türkiye
- UNDRR
- UNESCO
Stakeholders
