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Kicking off the activities ahead of the high-level United Nations Oceans Conference, General Assembly President Peter Thomson and Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, joined other participants in an ocean march around the island of Manhattan. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / OCEAN MARCH
TRT: 03:03
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 04 JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY

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1. Various shots, Ocean March in front of UN headquarters
2. Wide shot, GA President Peter Thomson on board of cruise liner
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“Whether you look at marine pollution, whether you look at ocean acidification, or whether you look at degraded coastal ecosystems, or declining fish stocks, or the lack of governance out in the high seas, the ocean, human activity has put the ocean into a deep problem. And so, we have to find the solutions to those problems. And that’s what this Ocean’s Conference is all about.”
4. Med shot, Thomson
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“SDG 14 on the ocean and the Paris Climate Agreement are essential for the safety of our species on this planet. And now is the time to act on both of them. The good news is that the great mass of humanity, the great mass of governments all understand this and we are behind it together in the great agreements which we reached in 2015 on these two matters.”
6. Various shots, fire boat leading the march
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Climate change is an integral part of the whole conversation on Agenda 2030 and the 17 goals. Without cognisance and action on that, every one of the goals will be affected, and the ocean goal as well. We know that climate change is having effect on the seas, the warming, the loss of our reefs, the loss of livelihoods, and possibly with rising sea levels, we will see many coastlines, infrastructure, people’s lives, people’s identity, wiped out.”
8. Wide shot, fire boat
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“193 member countries is not a small constituency. And every one of them can take a decision to lead their own countries with the responsibilities they have against what it is that they do to the detriment of this life on our planet. And I think that’s very important point to get across. We have a responsibility to your countries and your people first, but you also have a moral obligation to the world that you live on.
10. Various shots, Ocean March
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Isabella Lövin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate, Sweden:
“Even Sweden, my home country, which has a big reputation for being environmentally friendly, also our own neighbouring sea, the Baltic Sea, is one of the most polluted seas in the world. So, of course, we need to make sure that others don’t repeat our mistakes, and we also have a special responsibility.”
12. Various shots, city views from the boat

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Kicking off the activities ahead of the high-level United Nations Oceans Conference, General Assembly President Peter Thomson and Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, joined other participants today (4 Jun)in an ocean march around the island of Manhattan.

The Conference, the first of its kind, aims to be the game changer that will reverse the decline in the health of our ocean for people, planet and prosperity.

Speaking from the deck of a sightseeing cruise liner, Thomson said “whether you look at marine pollution, whether you look at ocean acidification, or whether you look at degraded coastal ecosystems, or declining fish stocks, or the lack of governance out in the high seas, the ocean, human activity has put the ocean into a deep problem.”

The GA President said Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, which refers to ocean health, and the Paris Climate Agreement “are essential for the safety of our species on this planet.”

He said “now is the time to act on both of them” and added that “the good news is that the great mass of humanity, the great mass of governments all understand this and we are behind it together in the great agreements which we reached in 2015 on these two matters.”

Mohammed, for her part, said “climate change is an integral part of the whole conversation on Agenda 2030 and the 17 goals. Without cognisance and action on that, every one of the goals will be affected, and the ocean goal as well. We know that climate change is having effect on the seas, the warming, the loss of our reefs, the loss of livelihoods, and possibly with rising sea levels, we will see many coastlines, infrastructure, people’s lives, people’s identity, wiped out.”

The Deputy Secretary-General said every government “can take a decision to lead their own countries with the responsibilities they have against what it is that they do to the detriment of this life on our planet, and stressed that “we have a responsibility to your countries and your people first, but you also have a moral obligation to the world that you live on.”

Also on the boat, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate of Sweden, Isabella Lövin, said “even Sweden, my home country, which has a big reputation for being environmentally friendly, also our own neighbouring sea, the Baltic Sea, is one of the most polluted seas in the world. So, of course, we need to make sure that others don’t repeat our mistakes, and we also have a special responsibility."

The Governments of Sweden and Fiji are the co-Presidents of the conference.

The conference, convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 9 June 2017, coinciding with World Oceans Day, aims to identify ways and means to support the implementation of SDG 14.

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