Secretary-General Addresses 2022 UN Ocean Conference

Abdulla Shahid, President of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the United Nations 2022 Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is seeking to address many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and which will require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that are anchored in the SDGs. To mobilize action, the Conference is seeking to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action.