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🌊The ocean connects us all.
🎥 @FCousteau on why #WOAIII matters—and how global knowledge helps us understand a changing ocean
📘 Out now → 🔗woa.un.org
▶️ More on UNDOALOS work: youtube.com/@undoalos
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🌊 The ocean sustains us — but we’re pushing it to its limits.
🎥 Watch the #UNSG’s #WorldOceansDay message and see why urgent action is needed now.
📘#WOAIII launches today, bringing global knowledge on how the ocean is changing and why it matters: un.org/regularprocess/woa3
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🌊 #WOAIII is almost here
📅Launching 8 June 2026
A global assessment of our ocean—why it’s changing & why it matters.
🎥 Watch the live press briefing on 8 June
12:30pm EDT → webtv.un.org
#ShareTheKnowledge #OceanScience #WorldOceanAssessment
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🌊Ocean health = human well‑being 👥
Section 5B of #WOAIII explores how ocean change affects food security, livelihoods, equity and resilience—and why impacts are uneven across communities.
Launching soon! #ShareTheKnowledge
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Fishing 🎣, shipping 🚢, tourism 🏖️, energy⚡and more—Section 5A of #WOAIII shows how overlapping ocean uses drive cumulative pressures and shape long‑term sustainability outcomes worldwide.
Launching soon! #ShareTheKnowledge
🔗 un.org/regularprocess/woa3
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The theme for the 2026 United Nations World Oceans Day has been announced!
For more information, check out the 2026 UN WOD page: unworldoceansday.org/
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How is the ocean changing & why does it matter? 🌊
Section 4 of #WOAIII looks at warming, sea level rise, acidification & biodiversity change, showing how these interact with human pressures & shape risks to ecosystems & societies worldwide.
Launching soon! #ShareTheKnowledge
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Learn more: un.org/regularprocess/woa3
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🌊 How is the ocean governed—and why do outcomes differ?🌍
Section 3 of #WOAIII explores global ocean governance, highlighting international frameworks, cooperation, and ongoing challenges from fragmentation, capacity gaps and rising pressures.
🔗 un.org/regularprocess/woa3
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Inspiring evening at a screening of #Remathau with colleagues, the #UNNF & Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellows.
An enriched experience meeting Dr. Nicole Yamase, highlighting the value of learning together around shared commitments to the ocean.
#UN #OceanAffairs #UNCLOS
ALT Group of colleagues with marine biologist guest standing in front of a large theater screen displaying coral reef imagery.
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🌊 What’s inside the Third World Ocean Assessment?
From ocean governance ⚖️ and ecosystem change 📈to human well‑being 👥 and activities like fishing 🎣, shipping 🚢 & tourism ✈️, WOA III shows pathways to sustainability. Launching soon! #ShareTheKnowledge
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🌊 Global science, one ocean. 580 experts from 86 countries contribute to third #WorldOceanAssessment, reviewing ocean health and guiding smarter, more sustainable decisions for our planet🌏
Launching soon! Help us #sharetheknowledge
🔗Learn more: un.org/regularprocess/woa3
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The #BBNJ PrepCom wrapped up its final session today and will be forwarding to the first BBNJ COP, for its consideration, draft texts relating to rules of procedure, subsidiary bodies, financial matters and the secretariat, among other matters.
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The report of the PrepCom will be made available at un.org/bbnjagreement/en.
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As the #BBNJ Agreement PrepCom commences the second week of its third session, delegations are continuing discussions on key issues for the effective implementation of the Agreement, including COP rules of procedure, financial rules and arrangements for the secretariat.
ALT Picture on the left is showing a wide view of a large United Nations conference room during the third session of the BBNJ Agreement Preparatory Commission meeting. Delegates sit at long curved desks with microphones and laptops, while two large screens display speakers at the front of the room. The chamber is brightly lit with a circular ceiling light feature. Picture on the right is showing Delegates seated in a United Nations meeting room participating in the third session of the BBNJ Agreement Preparatory Commission meeting. Two large screens show a speaker addressing the room from the podium. Nameplates for countries such as Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Madagascar are visible in the foreground.
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For more information: un.org/bbnjagreement/en
Follow the live stream at webtv.un.org.
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The third session of the #BBNJ PrepCom wrapped up its first week following progress made on critical issues, including the COP rules of procedures, terms of reference for subsidiary bodies, and the operationalization of provisions on financial resources and mechanism.
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For more information: un.org/bbnjagreement/en
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🌊 The ocean is calling, and we’re listening 📢
The third #WorldOceanAssessment is coming soon 🐟🌍 with insights on the ocean’s environmental, economic, and social health.
Stay tuned!
🔗 un.org/regularprocess/woa3
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