Today, the works of the “third United Nations Oceanic Conference”, which French President Emmanuel Macron intends to turn into a summit to mobilize efforts, while the United States decided to boycott it, which may leave traces on decisions and obligations.
It is expected that 50 heads of state and government are expected, while the United States will be absent, and discussions that continue until June 13 will focus on mining at the seat bottom, the international treaty on plastic pollution, and the regulation of excessive fishing.
President Emmanuel Macron told the newspaper “Oast France” that this summit aims to “mobilize efforts, at a time when climate issues are being questioned by some,” expressing his regret that the United States does not participate in it that has the largest sea field in the world.
US President Donald Trump decided to open the way for mining in the international waters of the Pacific Ocean, bypassing the “International Sea Power” authority, the international governmental body that is not affiliated with the United States for not ratifying the United Nations Agreement on the Law of the Law.
France has set ambitious goals for this first international conference, which has been held on its territory since the Conference of the Parties on the Climate “COB 21” hosted by Paris in 2015.
French Foreign Minister Jean -Noel Barrow said that France “is seeking to be parallel to the oceans, for what was the Paris Agreement 10 years ago, in relation to the climate.”
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed months ago his desire to collect 60 authentication in Nice to allow the entry of the Upper Seas Protection Treaty, and without that the conference will be “a failure”, according to a position made by the French Ambassador for Ocean Ocean Affairs, Olvie Darfur last March.
Sustainable development of oceans
The treaty, which was adopted in the year 2023 and signed by 115 countries, aims to protect marine environmental systems in international waters that cover about half the surface of the planet. It has so far been officially approved 28 countries and the European Union.
France also hopes to expand the scope of the 33 -country coalition, which supports the freezing of mining at the bottom of the seas. Unofficial discussions between delegations are also expected to address negotiations in order to reach a treaty to combat plastic pollution, which will resume in Geneva next August.
Paris also hopes to advance towards ratification of agreements related to combating illegal fishing and excessive fishing. Where the French President announced on Saturday, under the pressure of non -governmental organizations, the imposition of restrictions on fishing on traction nets in some protected marine areas.
The oceans cover 70.8% of the surface of the globe, and for two years have been witnessing unprecedented free waves that threaten their living creatures, but their protection is the least fundamental between the sustainable development goals approved by the United Nations.
The Elysee Palace stressed that the Nice Summit “is not a conference to collect donations in the strict sense of the word,” while Costa Rica, the country participating in hosting the conference, said it hoped to raise $ 100 billion in new financing for sustainable development of oceans.
Brian Odonil, director of the “For Forces” campaign, a non -governmental organization that protects the oceans, criticized the issue of lack of financing, saying: “We have created a legend saying that governments do not have the money necessary to protect the oceans,” adding that “there is money. But there is no political will.”
Within the conference, which concludes on June 13, it is organized by multiple activities, the most important of which is one conference of ocean sciences, the blue economy and blue finance forum, and the summit of the ocean height and coastal flexibility.