The global leaders will head to the United Nations for the conference focusing on the protection and sustainable use of the planet’s oceans in June.
At a joint press briefing at UN Headquarters, Penny Abeywardena, the Commissioner of the (New York City) Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, joined Peter Thompson, President of the UN General Assembly, to announce the first ever Festival which will be held on Sunday, June 4, the day before the opening of The Ocean Conference, which will run from June 5 to 9.
