Saudi Arabia Participates in Preparatory Meeting of 2020 UN Ocean Conference

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participated yesterday in thepreparatory meeting of 2020 United Nations Ocean Conference.

In a speech delivered on this occasion, Prince Mansour binThanian, the Director of Development and Environment Department at theMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Saudi Arabia's representative at the meetinghas stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pays great attention to achievingthe sustainable development goal 14th among Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) concerned with preserving oceans, seas and marine resources and usingthem in a sustainable manner, indicating that the sustainable development goalsare at the top of Saudi Arabia's government policy agenda.

In this context, Prince Mansour confirmed that the Kingdomof Saudi Arabia has announced its participation in 2020 United Nations OceanConference to be held in Portugal next June, which will focus on expanding thescope of work on oceans, starting of a new chapter of global actions topreserve the oceans, and finding sustainable solutions based on science andinnovation in order to implement the sustainable development Goal 14th amongthe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).