United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 : Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development

A/RES/70/226View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 20 Sustainable development and 79a Oceans and the law of the sea, published in 2016.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Conferences Costs Marine Resources Conservation Oceans Programme Implementation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Decides to convene the high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development in Fiji, from 5 to 9 June 2017, coinciding with World Oceans Day, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14;

Also decides that all costs relating to the Conference and its preparation shall be financed through extrabudgetary resources;

Welcomes the generous offer by the Governments of Fiji and Sweden to co-host and assume the costs of the Conference;

Decides to consider, before the end of the seventieth session of the General Assembly, the modalities of the Conference in the most efficient and effective manner possible;

Expresses its intention to consider further opportunities to actively involve Governments, civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system and other actors in driving progress and supporting the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14.

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