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United Nations A/RES/80/108 General Assembly Distr.: General 9 December 2025 25-20234 (E) *2520234* Eightieth session Agenda items 13 and 75 Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields Oceans and the law of the sea Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2025 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/80/L.14)] 80/108. 2028 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 The General Assembly, Recalling the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, entitled “The future we want”,1 Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of this Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business, Reaffirming also its resolutions 79/323 of 25 August 2025 on the Sevilla Commitment adopted at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development and 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which are integral _______________ 1 Resolution 66/288. A/RES/80/108 2028 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 25-20234 2/3 parts of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, support and complement it, help to contextualize its means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions and reaffirm the strong political commitment to addressing the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity, Reaffirming further that the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals will depend upon a revitalized and enhanced Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, bringing together Governments, civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system and other actors, and noting in this regard the interest expressed in holding future conferences or events at a high level that would complement but not duplicate existing efforts and activities to support the implementation of and to maintain political momentum to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 14, Recognizing the central role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, and the high-level political forum on sustainable development held under their auspices, as well as the role of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea and the important contribution of all relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, Recalling that, pursuant to its resolutions 70/226 of 22 December 2015 and 70/303 of 9 September 2016, the first 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 was convened at United Nations Headquarters from 5 to 9 June 2017, coinciding with World Oceans Day, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, under the theme “Our oceans, our future: partnering for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14”, Recalling also that, pursuant to its resolution 73/292 of 9 May 2019 and decision 75/578 of 9 September 2021, the second 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 was convened in Lisbon from 27 June to 1 July 2022, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, under the theme “Scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and solutions”, Recalling further that, pursuant to its resolutions 77/242 of 20 December 2022 and 78/128 of 18 December 2023, the third United Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development was convened in Nice, France, from 9 to 13 June 2025, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, under the theme “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean”, Recalling its resolutions 71/312 of 6 July 2017, 76/296 of 21 July 2022 and 79/314 of 30 June 2025, in which it endorsed the declarations adopted by the first, second and third United Nations Conferences to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, entitled “Our ocean, our future: call for action”, “Our ocean, our future, our responsibility” and “Our ocean, our future: united for urgent action”, respectively, and in this regard reaffirming the important role of the declarations in demonstrating the collective will to take action to conserve 2028 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 A/RES/80/108 3/3 25-20234 and sustainably use our oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, 1. Decides to convene the high-level 2028 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 in the Republic of Korea, in June 2028, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14; 2. Also decides that all costs relating to the Conference and its preparation shall be financed through extrabudgetary resources; 3. Welcomes the generous offer by the Governments of Chile and the Republic of Korea to co-host and assume the costs of the Conference; 4. Decides to consider, before the end of the eightieth session of the General Assembly, the modalities of the Conference in the most efficient and effective manner possible; 5. Expresses its intention to consider further opportunities to actively involve Governments, civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system and other actors in driving progress and supporting the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14. 58th plenary meeting 9 December 2025

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