San Jose, Costa Rica - June 9, 2024

[Note: video contains Spanish language]

At least 26 countries signed a "declaration of peace to the ocean" in Costa Rica on Saturday at the end of the "Immersed in charge" marine protection forum ahead of a crucial UN meeting in France in 2025.
Signatories include Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Israel, South Korea and Costa Rica itself.

After two days of debate, calls for action, presentation of successful initiatives and knowledge sharing in San Jose, delegations from 50 participating countries called for action to improve the health of the oceans.

"We are committed to scaling up transformative ocean actions to support nature-positive economies based on the best available science and scientific information, traditional knowledge and innovation," the document states.

This Costa Rican initiative, which is non-binding, is a framework text from which discussions and commitments will continue at the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), scheduled for June 2025 in the city of Nice, which France and the Central American country are co-organising.

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1. Various from the event.