World leaders head to France for UN summit on ocean protection

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00:00It's the first state visit to Monaco for a French president in 41 years.

00:05Topping the agenda, ocean protection, which Prince Albert has made a personal mission.

00:10Hosting the Blue Economy and Finance Forum earlier on Saturday,

00:14he called for more international action on the cause.

00:17This message is one of an imperative duty that we all have towards future generations,

00:23to develop the ocean economy in a sustainable way while preserving the balance of our planet.

00:30Protecting its riches and doing everything we can to perpetuate what makes our lives possible.

00:36The Forum and Macron's visit set the tone for a United Nations ocean conference

00:40kicking off Monday in neighbouring Nice.

00:43The UNOC summit, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, is the third of its kind

00:47and will cover climate change, pollution, biodiversity

00:50and making access to marine resources more sustainable.

00:54It will be attended by dozens of heads of state,

00:57preceded by a conference bringing together some 2,000 scientists from around 100 countries.

01:03From ocean protection, raining and overfishing,

01:06to maritime transport and addressing plastic pollution,

01:09Emmanuel Macron himself is aiming for roughly 60 ratifications in Nice.

01:13UNESCO's head of marine policy says the summit's aim is to accelerate action on protecting the world's oceans.

01:19What the conference will produce is actually a political declaration,

01:23which has been negotiated in the last five months at the UN.

01:28This is not binding, but this is something we can refer to

01:33and where we can start building collaboration amongst the countries.

01:37The UNOC3 conference will take place over five days,

01:41from the 9th to the 13th of June.

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