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Seas and Oceans: Conferences

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 23250, tabled on 13 January 2025

Question

Barry Gardiner
Labour
Brent West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will attend the UN Oceans Conference in June 2025.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Labour
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Commons

Answered on

16 January 2025

The third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), co-hosted by France and Costa Rica in June, will be at a critical time for the ocean and a stocktake of progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water.

The UK is supportive of an action-orientated UNOC and looks forward to the event. Defra are leading on the planning for UK attendance at the Conference and formal invitations from the co-hosts are expected to be shared soon after which Defra will confirm Ministerial attendance.

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