Charting Our Course
A range of activities will be taking place leading up to the UN Oceans Conference. This timeline of events and the links to provide more information to these may help you chart your course and plan your journey.
As more events are confirmed and finalised during this year, we will be updating the below calendar
Credit - Stuart Chape
| 2017 | Navigating towards the UN Ocean Conference |
| 15 February | The Ocean Registry for Voluntary Commitments opens UN calls for commitments to safeguard the world’s oceans ahead of first major conference |
| 15 - 16 February | UN Oceans Conference Preparatory Meeting (Co-Facilitators Permanent Representatives of Portugal and Singapore) |
| 01 March | Zero-draft of “Call for Action” to be made available as per the Ocean Conference website https://oceanconference.un.org/about – “A draft will be presented by the co-facilitators no later than March 2017.” |
| 13 – 14 March | Pacific Ocean Alliance Workshop on an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) hosted in Fiji |
| 15 March | “Clean Pacific, Clean Seas” side event co-hosted by SPREP and UN Environment at the Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for UN Ocean Conference hosted in Fiji. |
| 15 – 17 March | Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for UN Ocean Conference hosted in Fiji |
| 21 – 24 March | Pacific Partnership on Ocean Acidification Project community inception workshop for Tokelau, hosted in Samoa. |
| 31 March | Deadline for all side event submissions at the UN Oceans Conference, to be made |
| 4 – 6 April | Whales in a Changing Ocean Conference hosted by SPREP, Auckland Institute of Studies and the Kingdom of Tonga |
| 15 April | Deadline for submissions for exhibitions at the UN Ocean Conference under the theme: “Save our Ocean” |
| 27 April | Our Oceans, Our Future – One day training for NUS Media and Journalism Students, Apia, Samoa |
| 30 April | Negotiations on “Call to Action” scheduled to conclude as per The Ocean Conference website |
| 02 May | World Tuna Day! |
| 22 May | World Biodiversity Day! |
| 5 - 9 June | UN Oceans Conference, UNHQ, New York |
| 08 June | World Ocean Day! |
| 09 June | The Oceans Registry for Voluntary Commitments closes |