A high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development will be convened in New York, from 5 to 9 June 2017, coinciding with World Oceans Day, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14. The Conference will be co-hosted by the Governments of Fiji and Sweden.

The Conference shall comprise plenary meetings, partnership dialogues and a special event commemorating World Oceans Day.

The Conference shall adopt by consensus a concise, focused, intergovernmentally agreed declaration in the form of a “Call for Action” to support the implementation of Goal 14 and a report containing the co-chairs’ summaries of the partnership dialogues, as well as a list of voluntary commitments for the implementation of Goal 14, to be announced at the Conference.

The President of the General Assembly will convene a two-day preparatory meeting, 15-16 February 2017, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, to be chaired by two co-facilitators, H. E. Mr. Álvaro Mendonça Mura, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations, and H. E. Mr. Burhan Gafoor, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations, with a view to considering the themes for the partnership dialogues and elements for a “Call for Action”.

PRE-REGISTRATION FOR THE PREPARATORY MEETING
Pre-registration is required for interested representatives of non-governmental organizations and major groups identified in Agenda 21 to participate in the preparatory meeting. Click on “Registration” on this page to pre-register. Pre-registration is open from 7 November 2016 – 22 January 2017 for organizations belonging to the following categories:

• organizations that are in consultative status with ECOSOC,
• organizations accredited to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and to previous United Nations conferences on sustainable development of small island developing States, held in Barbados, Mauritius and Samoa.

SPECIAL ACCREDITATION TO THE CONFERENCE AND PREPARATORY MEETING
Non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the scientific community, whose work is relevant to the Conference but who do NOT belong to the above categories are encouraged to apply for special accreditation to the Conference and the preparatory meeting by filling out a questionnaire in addition to submitting their application for pre-registration here. Applications for special accreditation will be accepted from 7 November 2016 – 22 January 2017. There will be only one special accreditation process for the Conference and the Preparatory Meeting.

Eligible private sector organizations and philanthropic institutions may apply for special accreditation for the Conference and the preparatory meeting through the UN Global Compact from 7 November 2016 – 22 January 2017. Please email [email protected] to begin the registration process for private sector organizations and philanthropic institutions only.

For more information including program and information note please visit the conference website at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/oceans/SDG14Conference