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.
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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
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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.
