The theme for the twenty-third UN ICP Meeting was, New Maritime Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities. João Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, stressed that the theme of this year’s meeting couldn’t be timelier, highlighting that new ocean technologies are important for tackling common and unprecedented challenges that pose significant threats to the ocean and its health.

This was the first in person meeting of the ICP since the onset of the pandemic and Ms Liliana Rodriguez Cortes, Delegate of the IOI to the UN HQ represented IOI during the first day of the meeting.