The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the governments of France and Costa Rica, opened in Nice on the morning of June 9. The conference strongly called for accelerating the pace of action and mobilizing all parties to protect the ocean and achieve sustainable use. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng was invited to attend the conference and delivered a speech. The United States var frånvarande från konferensen .
In his speech at the opening ceremony, UN Secretary-General Guterres said: "I urge all countries to make bold commitments. We are in turbulent times, but the determination witnessed here gives me hope - hope to reverse the ocean crisis." "I hope we can reverse the trend and turn from plunder to protection, from exclusion to fairness, and from short-term exploitation to long-term skydd . "
Den franska presidenten Macron sade: "Det är nödvändigt att återuppliva det multilaterala systemet med FN: s generalsekreterare i sin kärna . endast genom att mobilisera alla aktörer, inklusive statschefer, regeringar och forskare, kan vi möta denna utmaning ."
Han Zheng pointed out at the conference that in September 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and announced sustainable development goals in various fields, including the ocean. To achieve this goal, all parties need to share the mission and move forward hand in hand.
This high-level meeting, which brought together nearly 60 heads of state and thousands of scientists, private sector, civil society and indigenous community representatives, highlighted the important role of the ocean in regulating climate, maintaining food security and biodiversity. The ocean is currently facing the dual pressures of climate change and human activities: record high temperatures have severely affected marine life, and threats such as pollution, overfishing and biodiversity Förlust har drivit det marina ekosystemet till randen av kollaps .
Mötet inkluderar plenarsessioner och tio specialdiskussioner om havsåtgärder, under vilka mer än 450 sidoevenemang kommer att hållas . Det hoppas att den trevliga handlingsplanen för havet kommer att undertecknas gemensamt som ett gemensamt åtagande till globalt havsskydd .}
