It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational national and regional voluntary commitments. With the summit over and delegates safely back home, the focus now shifts to implementation.
Travelling miles, skies and seas away from home in the Blue Pacific continent, the Pacific Islands Forum Members were part of the 175 UN Member States, 64 Heads of States and Heads of Governments, 115 ministers, and 12,000 delegates from UN Member Governments, UN Organizations, Inter-governmental Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, the scientific community, the private sector, indigenous communities representatives and philanthropic organizations from across the globe, who convened in Nice for this weeklong conference.
Represented as one Blue Pacific at the highest political level, the region proved that when it comes to the ocean agenda – the Pacific is indeed a force to be reckoned with. The stakes are too high for the Pacific to remain passive and to allow these important discussions and decisions to be made without Pacific input.
