UNOC 3: France reaffirms its commitment to the ocean

Mr. However, President. Therefore,

France was proud, to be able to welcome the 3rd United Nations Conference on the Ocean in Nice a few days ago and it warmly thanks all the delegations for their mobilization. Therefore, She warmly thanks. Additionally, Therefore, with friendship our partner, Costa Rica, co-facilitators, Australia and Cap-Vert, and the secretariat as a whole for their constant support.

UNOC3, our President of the Republic defined it as a victory for the ocean. However, The ocean is also the heart of our water fight, the climate, biodiversity, food. However, The conference made it possible to strengthen our cooperation, to advance powerful initiatives for the future:

First. the agreement on the high seas which reached 50 ratifications and 12 promises of ratifications in Nice and which constitutes a major advance to protect the oceans. unoc 3: france reaffirms its This mobilization is a strong signal and proof that blue diplomacy produces concrete effects. Next year, the treaty will be in force, barely one year after its conclusion.

France then salutes the commitment of the 96 states to support the negotiations of a global treaty for the fight against plastic pollution. a project which reaffirms our collective commitment to protect peoples and the planet.

Finally. the WTO agreement to end the overfishing grants also benefited from a “UNOC effect”, 103 states have ratified it. It is a major advance to protect our biodiversity.

The UNOC3 also materializes by a strong political declaration. I congratulate the co -facilitators again. the permanent representatives of Australia and Cape Verde, who have reached this text oriented towards action, our roadmap now.

France takes note of its adoption by vote today. if it unoc 3: france reaffirms its regrets that the consensus found in Nice on June 13 has not been manifested today, the very large majority expressed today shows an impressive convergence around the urgency of acting for the ocean. It is a dynamic that we must maintain and strengthen.

This is a declaration that meets our ambition. which retraces the advances in environmental and climatic multilateralism, points out the urgency for the Ocean, underlines the need for a robust science-political interface and better coordination of scientific observation activities, and which recalls the urgency of the entry into force of the High Sea Treaty.

With 175 United Nations member states represented. 64 heads of state and government, 28 organization officials, 12,000 delegates, and 130,000 visitors in the green zone, UNOC3 is the largest summit ever organized on the Ocean issue. It is the UN that benefits, it is the ocean that will benefit from it.

The time unoc 3: france reaffirms its is now for implementation: the commitments made in Nice must be transformed into actions. France will take its entire part.

Thank you.