12 Mar 2019 - Countries set their sights on a pivotal deal to curb plastic waste, source of long-term pollution and worsening contamination of the ocean's food chain.
20 December 2018 - A recent surge in pledges to protect and sustainably manage our ocean pushed the number of concrete actions registered on the United Nations’ global platform for volun
Half-day symposium for the Pacific was held in Suva, Fiji, under the patronage of Ambassador Peter Thomson, to review the Call for Action voluntary commitments globally and for the Pacific.
10 Oct 2017 - Public and private actors from 112 countries around the world made commitments worth over $7 billion to tackle global oceans challenges at the Our Ocean conference in Malta on 5-6 October.
3 Oct 2017 - Peter Thompson, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General's first ever Special Envoy for the Ocean has announced practical follow-up actions to be taken in the wake of th
7 Sept 2017 - In June 2017, at The Ocean Conference, 193 Member States of the United Nations committed to a set of ambitious measures that will begin the reversal of the decline o
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El Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), en coordinación con el Ministerio de la Producción (PRODUCE) y el Ministerio del Ambiente (MINAM), realizó una consulta nacional a fin
31 May 2017 - The Government of the Seychelles has considered and approved the presentation of four voluntary commitments from the Seychelles to the Ocean Conference to be held in New York
16 May 2017 - On 5 May the Belize Fisheries Department, with the support of UNDP, held its Inaugural Meeting of the National Consultation Process with a Focus Group meeting to discuss and develop a set of draft Voluntary Commitments geared towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 Targets.
16 May 2017– The Philippines is holding a national Ocean Conference to agree commitments in response to the UN's call for concrete actions to protect the ocean.
11 May 2017 - The South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme is supporting countries to protect coastal and marine ecosystems and build regional resilience.
“We have seen a surge in new commitments to address the very real concerns that our oceans are facing,” said Wu Hongbo, Secretary-General of the Conference.
