One Week to go and We Feature at UN
Fiji will play a major role next week leading the United Nations Ocean Conference which is being co-presided by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama in New York.
The conference will focus on the Sustainable Development Goal 14-Conserving and sustainably using the Oceans.
The Fijian delegates led by Mr Bainimarama leave for the conference on Friday.
Fiji has played a key role in initiating the Conference and the focus.
Here’s an example of how big and embracing the conference is. It’s the programme for Day One.
Programme for UN Ocean Conference:
Monday June 5:
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
General Assembly Hall, UNHQ
Plenary Meeting
Official meeting
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Conference Room 4, UNHQ
Partnership Dialogue 1 – Addressing marine pollution
Official meeting
SIDE EVENTS
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Conference Room B, UNHQ
Interconnections Among the SDGs as a Force Multiplier for Implementation Of SDG14
Side Event
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Conference Room A, UNHQ
Deep-sea science for sustainable development
Side Event
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Conference Room 6, UNHQ
Current regional scientific knowledge and research gaps in the Americas to inform policy towards implementation of national action plans
Side Event
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Conference Room 12, UNHQ
IUU Tuna Traceability Declaration Launch
Side Event
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Conference Room A, UNHQ
Financing for the Blue Economy in Small Island Developing States
Side Event
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Conference Room 12, UNHQ
The Blue Pacific – Our Sea of Islands, Our Livelihoods, Our Oceania: Achieving SDG14 through effective implementation of Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy
Side Event
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Conference Room B, UNHQ
An Ocean without history? The importance of Underwater Cultural Heritage
Side Event
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Conference Room 6, UNHQ
Islands of Inspiration, Oceans of Opportunity Delivering on SDG 14: Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development
Side Event
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Conference Room 6, UNHQ
Building Blue Partnerships for Advancing Global Ocean Governance
Side Event
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Conference Room 12, UNHQ
Towards a sustainable blue future: Fiscal incentives to achieve SDG 14
Side Event
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Conference Room B, UNHQ
Regular Process Side Event
Side Event
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Conference Room A, UNHQ
Oceans and Migration
Side Event
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Conference Room 7, UNHQ
Marine Pollution: A Critical Challenge (and Opportunity) for Sustainable Development
Side Event
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Conference Room 1, UNHQ
Adopting the Blue Economy: A viable path to Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States Combined with Promoting the transition to Blue Growth and Blue Economy in Small Island Developing States and least developed countries
Side Event
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Trusteeship Council, UNHQ
High-level dialogue on Oceans and Small Island States
Side Event
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ
Implementing Agenda 2030 – Initiating Global Action on Ghost Gear
Side Event
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Conference Room A, UNHQ
The Global Partnership for Sustainable Transport (GPST): Maritime Transport and the future of the Sustainable Oceans Economy
Side Event
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Conference Room B, UNHQ
The Belize Model for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries; a partnership success story
Side Event
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Conference Room 6, UNHQ
Mobilizing efforts to tackle Marine Debris: internationally, nationally and right here at United Nations Headquarters
Side Event
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Conference Room 12, UNHQ
Healers of our Ocean: Asia-Pacific women leading ocean action to achieve SDG14 – how can we learn from them?
Side Event
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
UN Church Centre, UNHQ
Black Guardians of the Sea: The Eco-theology of Our Oceans Film Screening and Discussion
Side Event
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Conference Room A, UNHQ
Women and Girls in Science for Ocean
Side Event
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Conference Room 12, UNHQ
Economie bleue et la biodiversité marine
Side Event
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Conference Room B, UNHQ
Achieving the SDGs: protecting, restoring and managing marine and coastal ecosystems
Side Event
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Conference Room 6, UNHQ
3 R as the Basis for Moving Towards Zero Plastic Waste in Coastal and Marine Environment
Side Event
6:15 PM – 7:30 PM
Conference Room 1, UNHQ
Rebuilding Fisheries for People and the Environment
Side Event
6:15 PM – 7:30 PM
Conference Room 11, UNHQ
Regional cooperation to promote the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific and support the achievement of SDG 14
Side Event
6:15 PM – 7:30 PM
Conference Room 4, UNHQ
Sonic Sea: screening of the acclaimed documentary on ocean noise pollution
Side Event
6:15 PM – 7:30 PM
Conference Room 7, UNHQ
The Role of Parliamentarians in protecting the oceans and implementing SDG14
Side Event
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM
Conference Room 12, UNHQ
Ocean acidification: what can we do about it?
Side Event
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM
Conference Room A, UNHQ
Building Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies: Progress and Prospects
Side Event
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM
Conference Room B, UNHQ
UN Oceans Side Event: “Supporting the implementation of the ocean-related targets in the 2030 Agenda”
Side Event
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM
Conference Room 6, UNHQ
Forgotten Fisheries: New commitments and partnerships for sustainable small-scale fisheries
OTHER EVENTS
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Conference Room 4, UNHQ
World Environment Day
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