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STORY: NICE / UNOC3 CLOSING PRESSER
TRT: 03:11
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 JUNE 2025, NICE, FRANCE
1. Wide shot, conference venue
2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica:
“We have 51 BBNJ ratifications confirmed, and hopefully more coming in the next weeks to reach the 60 needed for entry into force. The call for precautionary pause has now reached 37 states, showing that more and more countries are listening to science and the demands of youth for their common heritage over commercial interests.”
4. Wide shot, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica:
“Protecting the ocean is a global responsibility that cannot rest on states alone. It is essential to mobilize the full spectrum of society: Women, youth, indigenous peoples, coastal communities, entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, and everyday citizens all have a crucial role to play.”
6. Wide shot, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Olivier Poivre D'Arvor, Special Envoy for the UN Ocean Conference, French Republic:
“In this moment of contested multilateralism, in this time of science denial, what matters is to be a majority. And here we were — and the calculation has been made very precisely — in this vast co-ownership that is the ocean, our common good, more than 90 percent of the co-owners were present, in terms of square kilometers of exclusive economic zones. Yes, I believe that... What was decided in Nice cannot be undone. No illegal path is acceptable.”
8. Wide shot, press room
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Olivier Poivre D'Arvor, Special Envoy for the UN Ocean Conference, French Republic:
“This protection must become the rule, whereas it was until now the exception, and ocean exploration must become the exception — but only when it is sustainable. This is a significant paradigm shift, and we owe it, of course, to all those who were present during these five days and in the lead-up to the conference.”
10. Wide shot, press room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Li Junhua Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations / Secretary-General, Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3):
“Over 800 new voluntary commitments were registered in the lead up to the Conference and many more were announced at the Conference itself. I call upon all participants to submit their commitments to the UN registry that managed by the UNDESA, my small department.”
12. Wide shot, press room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Li Junhua Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations / Secretary-General, Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3):
“The Conference has successfully brought the ocean back to the full front of the sustainable development agenda. But let me also be clear: the real test is not what we herd, said here, but what we will do next. Pledges made this week must be rigorously implemented, tracked, and scaled. The partnerships that we forged must deliver results, while being deepened and made more inclusive.”
14. Wide shot, press room
The UN Secretary-General of the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) said, “the real test is not what we herd, said here, but what we will do next.”
Ahead of the closing of UNOC3 today (13 Jun) in Nice, France, Li Junhua, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and UNOC3 Secretary-General addressed the press on the key moments and commitments and said, “Over 800 new voluntary commitments were registered in the lead up to the Conference and many more were announced at the Conference itself. I call upon all participants to submit their commitments to the UN registry that managed by the UNDESA, my small department.”
He also said, “The Conference has successfully brought the ocean back to the full front of the sustainable development agenda. But let me also be clear: the real test is not what we herd, said here, but what we will do next. Pledges made this week must be rigorously implemented, tracked, and scaled. The partnerships that we forged must deliver results, while being deepened and made more inclusive.”
Also addressing the press, Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, said, “We have 51 BBNJ ratifications confirmed, and hopefully more coming in the next weeks to reach the 60 needed for entry into force. The call for precautionary pause has now reached 37 states, showing that more and more countries are listening to science and the demands of youth for their common heritage over commercial interests.”
He stressed, “Protecting the ocean is a global responsibility that cannot rest on states alone. It is essential to mobilize the full spectrum of society: Women, youth, indigenous peoples, coastal communities, entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, and everyday citizens all have a crucial role to play.”
Olivier Poivre D'Arvor, French Special Envoy for the UN Ocean Conference, said, “In this moment of contested multilateralism, in this time of science denial, what matters is to be a majority. And here we were — and the calculation has been made very precisely — in this vast co-ownership that is the ocean, our common good, more than 90 percent of the co-owners were present, in terms of square kilometers of exclusive economic zones. Yes, I believe that... What was decided in Nice cannot be undone. No illegal path is acceptable.”
He added, “This protection must become the rule, whereas it was until now the exception, and ocean exploration must become the exception — but only when it is sustainable. This is a significant paradigm shift, and we owe it, of course, to all those who were present during these five days and in the lead-up to the conference.”
