Daily press briefing - 2025 UN Ocean Conference…

• UN Ocean Conference overview

Overview of the UN Ocean Conference highlighting the need for urgent ocean action, global partnerships, and sustainable use of marine resources.

• Treaty Event for the BBNJ Agreement

The UN Legal Counsel will brief on the Special Treaty Event on the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (the "BBNJ Agreement").

Speakers:

• Li Junhua, Conference Secretary-General; UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

• Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean

• Elinor Hammarskjöld, UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel

Moderated by Martina Donlon, Spokesperson for the UN Ocean Conference, UN Department of Global Communications