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<b>Sent:</b> 19 April 2021 18:33<br>
<b>To:</b> Odido, Mika <m.odido@unesco.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Save the Date: Creating the Ocean We Want - High Level Event - 1 June<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:25.5pt"><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2C3434">Save the Date<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p>The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO would be delighted to welcome you to the virtual High-Level Launch of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable
Development in Berlin.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Join us for the official virtual High-Level Launch on 1 June 2021 from 11 am to 3 pm (CEST)!</span></strong>
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<p>Join our collective and international effort to celebrate the start of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and contribute to
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"Creating the Ocean we want"</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The High-Level Launch will also provide an introduction to the seven virtual Ocean Decade Laboratories, that will take place from July 2021 to May 2022 and that aim to catalyze partnerships and evoke discussions and dialogues on key themes of the Ocean Decade.
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Join us \u2013 it all starts with you!</span></strong></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Ocean Decade stimulates innovative ocean research and strengthens the multi-stakeholder cooperation needed to develop the science we need for the ocean we want! With the High-Level Launch event we
empower you to become engaged in protecting our fascinating and unique ocean:</span></strong>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">listen</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to inspirational talks<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2C3434;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">witness</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> the very first steps of our decade-long plan to rebuild and protect healthy oceans<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2C3434;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">learn</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> more about the Ocean Decade activities to come<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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