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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UNOC2022 <unoc2022@un.org> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 23, 2022 1:12 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [2022 UNOC] - Ocean Voluntary Commitments - Register now!<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><a href="https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/action-networks/ocean-commitments" title=""https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/action-networks/ocean-commitments" t "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="817" height="459" style="width:8.5104in;height:4.7812in" id="x_Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D83E77.FD18A230"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#51A7F9">2022 UN Ocean Conference – Call for new Ocean Voluntary Commitments</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">In the lead up to the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/conferences/ocean2022" target="_blank" title="https://www.un.org/en/conferences/ocean2022">
<span style="color:#0C64C0">2022 UN Ocean Conference</span></a>, which will take place from 27 June to 1 July in Lisbon, Portugal, Governments, UN system entities and all other stakeholders are invited
</span><span style="color:#201F1E">to</span> <span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/action-networks/ocean-commitments" target="_blank" title="https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/action-networks/ocean-commitments"><span style="color:#0C64C0">scale
up</span><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><span style="color:#4472C4">o</span><span style="color:#0C64C0">cean action and register new voluntary commitments</span></a></span> to support the implementation of SDG 14.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has created an
<a href="https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/action-networks/ocean-commitments" target="_blank" title="https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/action-networks/ocean-commitments">
<span style="color:#0C64C0">online</span><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><span style="color:#0C64C0">searchable</span><span style="color:windowtext">
</span><span style="color:#0C64C0">database</span></a> to collect and shine the spotlight on ocean voluntary commitments. More than 1,600 initiatives covering all targets of SDG 14 have been registered since the 2017 UN Ocean Conference by a range of different
actors.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Now it is time to further scale up ambition to protect the ocean. Please, read the
<a href="https://sdgs.un.org/news/call-voluntary-commitments-45894" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0C64C0">letter</span></a> from the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Ambassador Peter Thomson, about ocean voluntary commitments and
<b>register your ocean voluntary commitment <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/action-networks/ocean-commitments" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0C64C0">here</span></a>!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Together, we can stop the decline in the ocean’s health!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">DESA/DSDG</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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