Summary
On Tuesday, plenary continued the general debate. Member States outlined commitments on increasing marine protected area coverage, reducing or banning plastic bags and microplastics, enhancing integrated coastal management, and improving pollution control, among others.
In the morning, a partnership dialogue addressed managing, protecting, conserving and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems. Participants highlighted the important role of marine and coastal ecosystems and marine protected areas in terms of the entire sustainable development agenda, further noting the need for community empowerment, stakeholder involvement, science-based and coherent policies, and partnerships.
In the afternoon, a partnership dialogue addressed minimizing and addressing ocean acidification, stressing the importance of the Paris Agreement on climate change to mitigate ocean acidification, sharing local adaptation strategies, and underscoring the role of marine protected areas for ecosystem restoration and resilience.
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Plenary Session
HSH Prince Albert II, Monaco
Vice President Vincent Meriton, Seychelles
Maggie Barry, Minister of Environment, New Zealand
Tetabo Nakara, Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources Development, Kiribati
Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Barbados
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Samoa
Didier Reynders, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium
Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Indonesia
Luis Felipe Arauz Cavallini, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica
Thorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture, Iceland
Agostinho Mondlane, Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Mozambique
Partnership dialogue 2: Managing, protecting, conserving and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems
View of the dais during the partnership dialogue
Lin Shanqing, State Oceanic Administration, China
Cyrie Sendashonga, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Jake Rice, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Co-Chair Tommy Esang Remengesau, President of Palau
Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Jessica Battle, WWF
Co-Chair Silvia Velo, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy
Manbo Dòwòti Désir, The Drammeh Institute
Martha Rojas-Urrego, Secretary General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - UNESCO
Partnership dialogue 3: Minimizing and addressing ocean acidification
HSH Co-Chair Prince Albert II, Monaco
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Co-Chair Agostinho Mondlane, Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Mozambique
HHS Prince Albert II, Monaco and Cardinal Turkson, Holy See
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, WMO, with Cardinal Turkson, Holy See
Cardinal Turkson, Holy See
Rahanna Juman, Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
Jonathan Taylor, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
David Osborn, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Carol Turley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Prime Minister Enele Sosene Sopoaga, Tuvalu
Björt Ólafsdóttir, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Iceland
Photo Exhibition
