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SDG-14 Konferenz

Partnership Dialogue 7 = Enhaneing the conservation and
Sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing
international law as raflected in the United Nations Convention on
the Law ofthe Sea; Co-charrs: Australia and Kenya

BE wird voraus. sprechen dtirfen (Slot angemeldet)

Nach einleitendenm Panel sollen kurze Redebeitrage der
Delegationen als Debattenbeitrage folgen. Die Debattenbeiträge
sollen konkrete Lösungsvorschläge beinhalten, um die
Herausforderungen und Lücken in der Umsetzung des SDG-14 uber
Foltikempfehlungen, Partnerschaften und fremwillige
Selbstverpflichtungen (voluntary commitments) zu identifizieren.

Dazu dienen auch dıe Leitfragen:

What are some of the key kegal and implementation gaps in relation
to enhancing the conservation and sustalnable use of oceans and
their resources by ımplementing international law as reflected in
UNCLOS and what new partnerships are required to address them?
How to increase partnerships aımed af ralsing awareness of the
importance of the Implementation of the international legal
framework for the oceans to achieving each of the targets of Goal
14, and strengthening participation in existing international
instruments, as well as theır effective Implementation at the global,
regional and national levels?

What äre the most urgent needs of developing countries ın terms of
gapacity-bullding, the transfer of marıne technology and financing to
support their implementation of international law, as reflected ın
UNCLOS, and what new partnerships are required to address those
needs?

Building on the existing regional and global instruments, how can
enhanced cross-sectora! cooperation and integrated management
be achieved and what partnerships could be promated ın that
regard?

Die {nicht verhandelten) Zusammenfassungen der sieben
Partnerschaftsdialoge durch die jeweiligen Ko-Versitzenden {hier:
Australen und Kenta) bilden (neben Handlungsaufruf und
freimlligen Selbstverpflichtungen) den dritten Block der
Konferenzergebnisse

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What. are some of the key legal and implementation gaps in relation to

enhancing the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their
resources by implementing international law as reflected in UNCLOS and
what new partnerships are required to address them?

1. There is the high and urgent need to be’consistent with international law as

laid down in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which sets out the
legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and seas must be

carried out. Especially with regard to the High Sea, we miss instruments to
protect biodiversity. The CBD had agreed on a 10% target for
establishment of marine protected areas. We are far away from reaching

that target. That is why Germany is actively engaged in the BBNJ process

under UNCLOS, We thus hope that UNGA take a decision during its 72nd
session to launch the Intergovernmental Conference on an international
legally binding instrument under the UNCLOS Convention_on the rapid
conclusion of the negotiations for the conservation and sustainable use of
marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).

2. There is a need to establish coherence between various sectoral rules of
international law (e.g. MEAs, such as the CBD) under the comprehensive

legal framework provided by the UNCLOS as well as the effective and
deepening sustainable implementation_of the sometimes only general

provisions_of the UNCLOS on a’ global, regional and national level.

 

3. Effective compliance and enforcement_mechanisms to measure progress

and create ownership for participating governments and other stakeholders
in these complex processes should also be improved.

4. There is a need to continue to work on full and transparent participation _of

all States in these processes to learn from each other and help understand
the various processes ahd action needed that derives from there, including
learning from community based approaches. A better understanding
creates ownership and acceptance of contributing to the process.

How to increase partnerships aimed at raising_awareness of the

importance of the implementation of the international legal framework
for the oceans to achieving each of the targets of Goal 14, and
strengthening participation in existing international instruments, as well

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as their effective implementation at the global, regional and national
levels?

1. There is a need for more partnerships and dialogues in the BBNJ-context

for enhanced information exchange and cooperation.

2. We consider a particular need for enhanced cooperation at the regional

level to effectively implement. SDG14. The existing Regional Seas
Conventions and sectoral organizations, such as the regional fisheries
management organizations (RFMOs}), should constitute the basis for this.
On Tuesday, we have held in the German Mission a one-day event on the

role of regional ocean governance which concluded that

a. Regional ocean govemance is a key_driver for SDG 14 and related
SDGs;

b. the focus. should be on an integrated implementation through
enhanced cross-sectoral cooperation;

c. there is a need for a better facilitation of exchange and learning
‚processes also between regions (e.g. through twinning arrangements
or a dedicated forum);

d. an improved link_between the regional and the_ global level is
needed, e.g. through a nested approach of ‚regional assessments
within a thematic review of the state of the world oceans with regard
to SDG14.

What are the most urgent needs of developing countries in terms of

capacity-building, the transfer of marine technology and financing to
support their implementation of international law, as reflected in
UNCLOS, and what new partnerships are required to address those
needs?

1. Information and knowledge gaps have to be closed, and experience gained
from implementation (lessons leamt in both directions) be spread. It is

important to all developing countries’ representatives to_be able to fully
participate in these processes and improve their national capacities also

with regard to scientific research and training (as, for example, UN
Environment offers a legal program).

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2. Project related funding should specifically address legal issues and capacity
building for a better understanding of legal needs and challenges of each
partner, including with regard to the specific mandates of multilateral
environmental agreements (MEAs) as well as the advantages of compliance
and enforcement measures. For reasons of coherence and
comprehensiveness, it is helpful to foster multi-stakeholder approaches and
alliances, including at the regional level, to capture mandates of relevance
for a region and the specificities of the area.

3. Multilateral environmental agreements (such as the CBD) and Regional
Seas Conventions can help to close relative legal gaps in countries where
there does not yet exist a national legal basis for effective action.

Building on the existing regional and global instruments, how can
enhanced cross-sectoral cooperation _ and integrated management be

achieved and what partnerships could be promoted in that regard?

1. There is the high and urgent need to be consistent with international law,

as laid down in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides
the legal framework for all activities with _regard to the conservation and

sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as laid down in the UNGA
Res. “Oceans and the law of the sea” (pp. 5) as well as Paragraph 158 of
the Rio+20 Outcome (The Future We Want, 2012).

 

2. Finally, we can learn from other multilateral processes for promotion of
synergy building and integrated concepts such as those among the

multilateral chemical environmental agreements of Rotterdam, Stockholm,
Basel and the SAICM Program.

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