The Ocean connects us all one way or another!
Sharing with the 2023 cohort of the United Nations Nippon Fellowship programme hosted by Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea on what the ocean means to us and how international law can help us protect this vital resource! 🌊
#unnf #pgafellowship #ocean
My sis Gemma Nelson breaking boundaries @ #COP28 🌺 in true Pasifika style, moderating a panel #UNOceans hosted by Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea We see you sis Gemma! Galuega tele, manuia x ♥️ #Pasifika 👊 ✊
Se fue abril y con él mi primer año en este lugar tan bonito 🇺🇳 Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
“The ship is at the shore.”
IGC5 Pres Rena Lee announces what we’ve been longing to hear for the last 48hrs… scratch that, 10years: we’ve reached a collective agreement to protect & manage the high seas 🌊
#UNCLOS Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea #BBNJ United Nations PSIDS
Now the real work begins 👏👏👏
At the United Nations today for World Oceans Day. We’ll be hearing from António Guterres, Sylvia A. Earle, Jason Momoa, and more. unworldoceansday.org/un-world-ocean… Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
Kicking off today's Day 2 of the #BBNJ MENA workshop in Amman, Jordan, with a session on Capacity Building and Transfer of Marine Technology and an honour to share the session with nilufer oral . Also grateful to Athina Chanaki Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for moderating the discussion!
Athina Chanaki of Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea highlighting some additional elements for #BBNJ CoP1 to consider - in addition to those that the CoP *has to* decide at CoP1. Glad to see operationalization of the Clearing-House Mechanism & finance mechanism on the list! Lots of work for PrepCom.
Athinia Chanaki of Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea kicks off the substantive session of the MENA #BBNJ workshop in Amman, Jordan, reflecting on the historical achievment that the agreement presents, its main elements and the next steps towards its entry into force. #RaceforRatification
In order for #BBNJ CoP1 to take the many important decisions it has to take to operationalize the BBNJ Agreement, work needs to start *today*. That's why the United Nations agreed to establish a Preparatory Commission. - Athina Chanaki Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (with paraphrasing by me)
Starting #today , a 5-day training Programme to build capacity in ocean affairs and the law of the sea for the government of #Eritrea , organized by UNDP Eritrea in collaboration with the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
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UN Eritrea 🇺🇳
Coordinating authors of the IPCC for Oceans 3rd cycle (World Ocean Assessment III - WOA) for 2019-2025 just met in Lisbon.
CIL Senior Global Fellow and ACOPS Chair, Dr Youna Lyons is one of them 🙌 for the governance section. Thank you Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, #Portugal , and Oceano Azul Foundation!
The US should finally ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) for national security and foreign policy reasons, including deep sea minerals.
We wrote about it for the Atlantic Council:
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energyso…
ONU abre inscrições para a edição de 2024 do Programa de Bolsas de Estudos sobre #Oceanos 🌊
🐙 O programa oferece treinamento de 4 meses em assuntos oceânicos & legislação marítima em Nova Iorque.
⏰ Prazo: 16/02
➡️ bit.ly/ONU_BolsasOcea…
🇺🇳 Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea UN Ocean Decade
Congratulation to the 29 Eritrean Junior Diplomats and Governmental Officials concluding today the 5 days training Programme on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. #Eritrea UNDP Eritrea #capacitybuilding UNDP Africa
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UN Division on Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea team Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, led by Mr. Dmitry Gonchar, Principal Legal Officer, briefs PH Department of Environment and Natural Resources Sec. Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga on the current status of and next steps on #BBNJ Treaty, the third implementing agreement to the #UNCLOS .
Historico!!! Presidente Gabriel Boric Font firma en Naciones Unidas tratado para proteger la biodiversidad en la alta mar #BBNJ Chile uno de los primeros paises en firmar. Alberto van Klaveren Maisa Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Ministerio del Medio Ambiente Cancillería Chile 🇨🇱 Maximiliano Bello CNN Chile Cooperativa EL PAÍS Chile
Multiple events COP28 UAE on vital global issues now in front of United Nations:
🐙 #HighSeasTreaty
🪼 #DeepSeaMining
🦈🦐🐟 @WTO #StopFundingOverfishing work on subsidies agreements.
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