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News: The 2025 UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica, will take place from 9 to 13 June 2025 in Nice, France. United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3)-2025.

United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3)-2025

About United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3)-2025

  • Host: It will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica and held in Nice, France.
  • Theme: “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean”
  • Aim: The Conference aims to support further and urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and identify further ways and means to support the implementation of SDG 14 (Life Below Water).
  • The Conference has three priorities in order to produce an ambitious draft agreement:
    • Governance: Working towards completion of multilateral processes linked to the oceans, to boost ambition for their protection, e.g. implementation of ‘Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement);
    • Financing: Mobilizing sources of finance to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (SDG 14) and support the development of a sustainable blue economy;
    • Knowledge sharing: Strengthening and better disseminating knowledge linked to marine science to enhance policy-making.
  • Expected outcome: The “Nice Ocean Agreements” can form an international pact for the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean.
  • The Conference will build on the previous UN Ocean Conferences, hosted by Sweden and Fiji in 2017 in New York and by Portugal and Kenya in 2022 in Lisbon.

About Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement)

  • It is also known as the ‘High Seas Treaty’.
  • It is an international treaty under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
  • Aim: It aims to address the growing concerns over the long-term protection of marine biodiversity in the high seas.
  • It sets precise mechanisms for the sustainable use of marine biological diversity through international cooperation and coordination.
    • The Parties cannot claim or exercise sovereign rights over marine resources derived from the high seas and ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits.
  • India has recently signed the Agreement to be implemented through the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

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