Dr Jitendra Singh leaves for Portugal to take part in '2022 UN Ocean Conference' at Lisbon

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today left for Portugal to take part in the “2022 UN Ocean Conference” at Lisbon starting from Monday. He will deliver the Keynote address at the Conference on the theme 'Scaling up Ocean Action based on Science and Innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: Stock taking, Partnerships and Solutions'. More than one hundred 30 countries will participate in the Conference.

In his departure statement,  Dr Singh said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India would be providing science and innovation-based solutions for the implementation of Goal 14 through partnerships. He said, India has well



established collaboration and partnerships with UN agencies and research institutions for bridging the methodology and data gaps on SDG indicators.

The Minister said, India is working towards the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030, for a clean, healthy, productive, predictive, safe and accessible ocean.

The leaders will also reaffirm the declaration entitled 'Our ocean, our future: call for action' at the end of the Conference. The declration was adopted by the high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14.