THE PRESIDENT

OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

13 April 2020

Excellency,

Further to General Assembly resolution 73/292, entitled, “2020 United Nations

Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and

sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”, in particular

paragraph 16 of Annex II, viz:

• “The President of the General Assembly shall also draw up lists of

representatives of other relevant non-governmental organizations, civil

society organizations, academic institutions, the scientific community, the

private sector and philanthropic organizations whose work is relevant to the

Conference, who may participate in the Conference and the preparatory

meeting as observers, taking into account the principles of transparency and

of equitable geographical representation, and shall submit the proposed lists

to Member States for their consideration on a non-objection basis. The

President of the General Assembly shall bring a list to the attention of the

General Assembly before the preparatory meeting and, in any case, no later

than December 2019, and, where applicable, shall bring another list to the

attention of the Assembly before the Conference and, in any case, no later

than April 2020.”

Reference is also made to my letter dated 13 April 2020, informing that draft decision

A/74/L.48, entitled “2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of

Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and Sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine

resources for sustainable development, regarding the postponement of the ocean conference and

its preparatory process, had passed silence procedure, and thus adopted as General Assembly

decision 74/548.

Given that the adoption of decision 74/548 regarding the postponement of the ocean

conference and its preparatory meeting, did not alter the April 2020 deadline for the previously

announced Special Accreditation process, and following a review by the Secretariat in

accordance with standard practice, I have the pleasure to enclose herewith, a list of 395 non-

governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions, the scientific

community, the private sector and philanthropic organizations that have applied to participate in

the conference and its preparatory meeting.

I intend to, in the absence of an objection by Monday 20 April 2020, approve the list for

accreditation to participate in the conference and its preparatory meeting. As hitherto conveyed,

the dates for the conference and its preparatory meeting will be determined by the General

Assembly at a later date.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

All Permanent Representatives

and Permanent Observers

to the United Nations

New York

Organizations proposed for Special Accreditation to attend the 2020 UN Ocean Conference

- 2nd Round - April 2020

Organization Represented Country

1. 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon (350 G-ROC) Ghana

2. ABANCA Corporación Bancaria S.A. Spain

3. Abioyes & Sons Farm Ventures Nigeria

4. Abreu Advogados Portugal

5. Absolutum Solel Pte Ltd Singapore

6. ACTeon France

7. ACTION ON SUSTAINBALE DEVELOPMENT KENYA NATIONAL

COALITION(ASDGC-KENYA)-kenya Kenya

8. Ad Mare Solutions, Soluções Ambientais Integradas, Lda Portugal

9. Africa Foundation South Africa

10. African Confederation of Professional Organisations of Artisanal Fisheries

(CAOPA) Senegal

11. African Heritage And Global Peace Initiative Nigeria

12. African Shipowners Association Nigeria

13. African Smart Cities Innovation Foundation (ASCIF) Nigeria

14. African Solution Somalia

15. Agencia Brasileira de Gerenciamento Costeiro Brazil

16. Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Spanish National

Research Council (CSIC) Spain

17. Airbnb United States

18. ALGAplus Portugal

19. Alliance to End Plastic Waste Singapore

20. Angel Support Foundation Nigeria

21. ANNPETERS GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION Nigeria

22. ANOPCERCO - Associação Nacional das Organizações de Produtores da Pesca

do Cerco Portugal

23. António Conde & Companhia, S.A. Portugal

24. Aquaculture Stewardship Council

United

Kingdom

25. AQUADEV Haiti

26. Aquamarine ventures Africa ltd Kenya

27. Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar LLC (G) Qatar

28. Arctic Youth Network Canada

29. As You Sow United States

30. Asociacion Costa Rica por Siempre Costa Rica

31. Asociación Cultural Yaku Azul "AMALAMAR" Peru

32. Assistance to Families and Victims of Clandestine Migrations (AFVMC ) Cameroon

33. Associação Brasileira de Combate ao Lixo Marinho Brazil

34. Associação de Proteção a Ecossistemas Costeiros Brazil

35. Associação Juvenil Claro Portugal

36. Associação Natureza Portugal - WWF Portugal Portugal

37. Associação Portuguesa da Indústria de Plásticos Portugal

38. Associação Portuguesa de Distribuição e Drenagem de Águas Portugal

39. Associação Route Portugal Portugal

40. Association of Science and Technology Centers United States

41. Atlantic Cities France

42. Auchan Retail España Spain

43. Australian Seaweed Institute Australia

44. B2E Associação para a Bioeconimia Azul - Laboratório Colaborativo Portugal

45. BayEcotarium (Bay.org) United States

46. BBVA - BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A., SUCURSAL

PORTUGAL Portugal

47. BeachNecessities.com United States

48. Belle Isle Conservancy United States

49. Beneath the Waves United States

50. Bermeo Tuna World Capital Spain

51. Bertarelli Foundation Switzerland

52. Beyond the Surface International United States

53. Biomimicry Taiwan China

54. Biota Inc. Palau

55. Bloomberg Philanthropies United States

56. Blue Marine Foundation

United

Kingdom

57. BlueGrowth Namibia Namibia

58. BlueNalu, Inc. United States

59. Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation Canada

60. Boatcenter Serviços e Actividades Náuticas SA Portugal

61. Bolton Food Italy

62. Borealis Austria

63. Brazilian Naval War College Brazil

64. BUSINESS as NATURE Portugal

65. Câmara de Comércio Portugal Moçambique Portugal

66. Canada's Ocean Supercluster Canada

67. Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance Canada

68. Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Canada

69. Cargill Aqua Nutrition United States

70. CEAU - Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo Portugal

71. CEiiA - Centro de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento Portugal

72. Centre for Social Studies, CES Portugal

73. Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA)

Iran, Islamic

Republic of

74. Centre of Marine and Environmental Research - CIMA / Ualg Portugal

75. Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y Oceanos. A.C. Mexico

76. Chalmers University of Technology Sweden

77. China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation China

78. China Institute for Marine Affairs China

79. Circulate Capital Singapore

80. Citizen Outreach Coalition

United

Kingdom

81. ClientEarth

United

Kingdom

82. Climate Bonds Initiative

United

Kingdom

83. CMA CGM Group France

84. CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique France

85. Coca-Cola Iberia Spain

86. College of Exploration United States

87. Common Seas

United

Kingdom

88. Community Action for Nature Conservation (CANCO) Kenya

89. COMMUNITY AND FAMILY AID FOUNDATION-GHANA Ghana

90. Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions France

91. Cooperativa de Produtores de Peixe do Centro Litoral, CRL Portugal

92. Coral Gardeners France

93. Coral Sea Foundation Australia

94. Coral Vita Bahamas

95. Costa Humboldt Chile

96. Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS) Portugal

97. Credit Suisse

United

Kingdom

98. Critical Software Portugal

99. Dalit Welfare Association (DWA) Nepal

100. Danish Institute for Human Rights Denmark

101. DeepGreen Metals

United

Kingdom

102. Deltares Netherlands

103. Design Tech High School United States

104. Divers for Sharks Brazil

105. Docapesca - Portos e Lotas, S.A. Portugal

106. Dropledge Pvt Ltd India

107. Durban University of Technology South Africa

108. Dynamic Planet United States

109. Eco Wave Power Israel

110. ECOncrete Tech Ltd Israel

111. Eleven Spain

112. Ensaios e Diálogos Associação - EDA Portugal

113. Environmental and Social Development Organization (ESDO) Bangladesh

114. Environmental Defence Society Incorporated New Zealand

115. Environmental Defense Fund United States

116. Envisible United States

117. EPAHARI SERVIÇOS, LDA Mozambique

118. Ervis Enviro Research Foundation India

119. EurOcean - European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology Portugal

120. Euronext N.V. Netherlands

121. European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) Belgium

122. European Global Ocean Observing System Belgium

123. European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) France

124. European Marine Board Belgium

125. Expedition 7e Continent France

126. Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center United States

127. Faculty of Science and Technology of University of Azores Portugal

128. Fearless Fund United States

129. Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Brazil

130. FICOSTERRA Spain

131. FishWise United States

132. Fondation BNP Paribas France

133. FOR-MAR, Sea and Fisheries Vocational Training Centre Portugal

134. Fórum Oceano Portugal

135. French Institute for Marine Science and Technology —Ifremer France

136. FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD India

137. Fugro Netherlands

138. Fundação Vasco Vieira de Almeida Portugal

139. Future Ocean Alliance, FOA Portugal

140. Gallifrey foundation Switzerland

141. GCE Ocean Technology Norway

142. Geo-Tech Consultancy Services Pakistan

143. GEOTA-Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente Portugal

144. German Marine Research Consortium Belgium

145. GIEK Norway

146. Global Appreciation and Skills Training Network Ghana

147. Global Choices.org ( formerly Earth Restoration Alliance )

United

Kingdom

148. Global Citizen United States

149. Global Fishing Watch United States

150. Global Maritime Forum Denmark

151. Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative Netherlands

152. Green Mentors India

153. Greensphere Environmental and Community Development Initiative Nigeria

154. Greensquare Ventures United States

155. Group on Earth Observations Switzerland

156. Grupo Ageas Portugal Portugal

157. Grupo Calvo Spain

158. Grupo Conservas Garavilla Spain

159. Grupo Iberostar Spain

160. Guangzhou County Yuexiu District Climate & Environmental Protection Center ( China

CYCAN)

161. Heirs To Our Oceans United States

162. Heriot-Watt University

United

Kingdom

163. HIRED Consult Ghana

164. Hold Norge Rent (Keep Norway Beautiful) Norway

165. HOLLADEES NIGERIA LIMITED Nigeria

166. Hope Worldwide-Pakistan New Zealand

167. HUMAN RIGHTS AT SEA

United

Kingdom

168. Humanitarian Organization for Poverty Eradication Pakistan

169. Iberdrola Spain

170. INDEEDWISKIDLINK MULTI SOLUTIONS LIMITED Nigeria

171. Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) France

172. Institute for Science & Ethics France

173. Institute of Marine Research - Spanish National Research Council Spain

174. Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences Poland

175. Instituto Baleia Jubarte - Brazilian Humpback Whale Institute Brazil

176. Instituto Costa Brasilis Brazil

177. Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade Portugal

178. Instituto Ekko Brasil Brazil

179. Instituto Linha D'Água Brazil

180. Instituto Meros do Brasil Brazil

181. Instituto Monitoramento Mirim Costeiro Brazil

182. Instituto Superior de Agronomia Portugal

183. International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification United States

184. International Association of Fish Inspectors Portugal

185. International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP)

United

Kingdom

186. International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy Greece

187. International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions (IDUM) Canada

188. International Ocean Film Festival United States

189. Intertek Switzerland

190. Intertek Agri World Switzerland

191.

Investhill Group

Congo,

Democratic

Republic of the

192. IrRADIARE, Science for Evolution Portugal

193. ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Portugal

194. Jet Age Nation Builders Nigeria

195. Katapult Ocean Norway

196. Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation Sweden

197. Kijani Energy

United

Kingdom

198. KIMO International United

Kingdom

199. Lady Lawyer Foundation Italy

200. Liga para a Protecção da Natureza Portugal

201. Little Citizens for Climate Israel

202. Local Community Development Association Cameroon

203. Locally-Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network International Fiji

204. Lone Star College - Tomball United States

205. Long Distance Advisory Council Spain

206. Makesense France

207. Marevivo Onlus Italy

208. Marine Biological Association

United

Kingdom

209. Marine Communications/Manaia Productions New Zealand

210. Marine Conservation Society

United

Kingdom

211. Marine Ecosystems Protected Areas (MEPA) Trust

Antigua and

Barbuda

212. Marine Educational Center Sweden

213. MARINNOVA Portugal

214. Maritime Archaeology Trust

United

Kingdom

215. Market Advisory Council Belgium

216. MAZE Decoding Impact Portugal

217. McKinsey.org United States

218. MDA Geospatial Services Inc Canada

219. Medical IMPACT Mexico

220. Mental and Environmetal Development Initiative for Children Nigeria

221. Mercator Ocean International France

222. MERI Foundation Chile

223. METRO AG Germany

224. Millennium Campus Network United States

225. Mind The Trash Consulting Lda Portugal

226. Mirpuri Foundation Portugal

227. MIT Policy Lab at the Center for International Studies United States

228. MoreSe Croatia

229. Narconon Nigeria initiative Nigeria

230. National Chiao Tung University China

231. National Maritime Foundation India

232. National Ocean Policy Coalition United States

233. Natur og Ungdom Norway

234. Nausicaá, National Sea Centre France

235. Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) Kenya

236. New England Aquarium United States

237. Nicoya Peninsula Wakerkeeper Costa Rica

238. Nigeria Surfing Federation Nigeria

239. Nigerian Women Agro Allied Farmers Association Nigeria

240. NOVA School of Law Portugal

241. OASIS Serbia

242. Observatorio Ciudadano Chile

243. Observatório do Mar dos Açores (Sea Observatory of the Azores) Portugal

244. Ocean 14 Capital

United

Kingdom

245. Ocean Alive Portugal

246. Ocean Energy Europe Belgium

247. Ocean Impact Organisation Australia

248. Ocean Networks Canada Canada

249. Ocean Recovery Alliance China

250. OceanGovernance Limited

United

Kingdom

251. OceanHub Africa South Africa

252. OceanMind

United

Kingdom

253. OceanPact Serviços Maritimos SA Brazil

254. OceanPrime - Madeira Mariculture Portugal

255. Oceans 5, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors United States

256. Odysseus Destination Management AB (ODM WW SMM) Sweden

257. Okeanos-UAc, Marine Sciences R&D Institute Portugal

258. OLSPS International Portugal

259. One Blue Ocean United States

260. OPCENTRO COOP. PESCA GERAL DO CENTRO, CRL Portugal

261. Organización de Productores Asociados de grandes Atuneros Congeladores

(OPAGAC) Spain

262. Parley for the Oceans United States

263. Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute France

264. PepsiCo United States

265. Phyxius SCR, S.A. Portugal

266. Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) China

267. Plan Bleu pour l'Environnement et le Développement en Méditerranée France

268. planblue GmbH Germany

269. Planet Tracker

United

Kingdom

270. Planeta Oceano (Asociación para la Conservación de Ambientes Marinos y

Costeros) Peru

271. Plant-for-the-Planet Germany

272. Plastic Soup Foundation Netherlands

273. Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias Spain

274. Pole Mer Bretagne Atlantique France

275. Portuguese Association for Business Ethics Portugal

276. Portuguese NGDO Platform Portugal

277. Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) Portugal

278. Portuguese Yoga Confederation Portugal

279. Posidonia Green Project Spain

280. Preserve the Environment initiative Nigeria

281. PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados, Lda. Portugal

282. Prime initiative for Green Development (PIGD) Nigeria

283. Principle Power Portugal

284. PROGRESPECT India

285. Project AWARE United States

286. Project Everyone

United

Kingdom

287. Protect Our Planet Movement United States

288. Resources Legacy Fund United States

289. Response Global Media Limited

United

Kingdom

290. Restore Coral Naturalia Mexico

291. REV OCEAN Norway

292. Rhodes University South Africa

293. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. United States

294. Royal College of Art

United

Kingdom

295. SAFE WATER GLOBAL INITIATIVE Nigeria

296. SafetyNet Technologies

United

Kingdom

297. Sailors for the Sea Japan Japan

298. Salmones Camanchaca S.A. Chile

299. SALT Norway

300. Sanmat (Sri Someswar Nath Mahadev Trust) India

301. Save Philippine Seas (Philippine Seatizens, Inc.) Philippines

302. Save The Plastic Belgium

303. Save The Waves Coalition United States

304. Sciaena - Oceanos # Conservação # Sensibilização Portugal

305. Scottish Association for Marine Science

United

Kingdom

306. Sea Shepherd Legal United States

307. SeaAhead, Inc. United States

308. Seabased AB Sweden

309. SEAentia-food, Lda Portugal

310. Searious Business Netherlands

311. Seastainable Singapore

312. SEO/BirdLife Spain

313. Sociedade de Avaliação Estratégica e Risco Lda Portugal

314. SOJA DE PORTUGAL - SOCIEDADE GESTORA DE PARTICIPAÇÕES

SOCIAIS S.A. Portugal

315. Solten France

316. SOS Animal - Grupo de Socorro Animal de Portugal Portugal

317. SpaceBrains

United

Kingdom

318. SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia Portugal

319. Springer Nature

United

Kingdom

320. Stichting BirdLife Europe Belgium

321. SUCCESSFUL GREEN INITIATIVE Nigeria

322. SUEZ France

323. Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute India

324. SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE Nigeria

325. Sustainable Goals, Lda. Portugal

326. Sustainable Marine Energy

United

Kingdom

327. Synchronicity Earth

United

Kingdom

328. SYSTEMIQ

United

Kingdom

329. TECNOAMBIENTE, S.L.U. Spain

330. Tetra Tech United States

331. The Blue Marine Foundation

United

Kingdom

332. The Circulate Initiative Singapore

333. The Common Good Foundation, Inc. United States

334. The Elemen'Terre Project France

335. The Irish Wildlife Trust Ireland

336. The Minderoo Foundation Australia

337. The Ocean Data Foundation Norway

338. The Recycling Partnership United States

339. The Schmidt Family Foundation United States

340. The SeaCleaners France

341. The University of Edinburgh

United

Kingdom

342. Time Shrine Foundation United States

343. TMA BlueTech United States

344. Tobacco Free Portfolios Australia

345. Today We Have Poland

346. TOGETHER FOR ENERGY,ENVIRONMENT AND WATER Cameroon

347. Torvald Klaveness Norway

348. Toyor Al salam for Human Rights Iraq

349. Training Resources Group Inc. United States

350. Tsleil-Waututh Nation Canada

351. UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norway

352. UMITRON Singapore

353. UN Global Compact - Network Portugal Portugal

354. UN Global Compact Spain Spain

355. UNESCO Chair for Sustainability of the Oceans at the University of São Paulo Brazil

356. UNIDCOM/IADE, Universidade Europeia Portugal

357. United by the Sea Portugal

358. United Nations Global Compact Network Brazil Brazil

359. United Sikhs United States

360. United World College Mahindra College India

361. Universeum AB Sweden

362. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Spain

363. Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro Brazil

364. Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Nova School of Business and Economics Portugal

365. Université de Bretagne Occidentale - IUEM France

366. University of Bergen Norway

367. University of Coimbra Portugal

368. University of Gdansk Poland

369. University of Milano-Bicocca - Marine Sciences Program Italy

370. University of Nairobi Kenya

371. University of Plymouth - Marine Institute

United

Kingdom

372. University of Strathclyde

United

Kingdom

373. Upwell Turtles United States

374. Urban Institute United States

375. VELUX FONDEN Denmark

376. Vieira de almeida & Associados (VdA) Portugal

377. Villavicencio North American Trade Company SA de CV Mexico

378. Visible Seas Australia

379. VOCAL LINK DIGITAL CONNECTION Nigeria

380. Volt Europa Belgium

381. Vulcan Inc United States

382. Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans United States

383. Walton Family Foundation United States

384. WavEC Offshore Renewables Portugal

385. We Are Forces of Nature, Inc. United States

386. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council United States

387. Willis Towers Watson Ireland

388. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution United States

389. World Development Foundation United States

390. World Economic Forum Switzerland

391. World Sailing

United

Kingdom

392. World Team Now United States

393. WSL PURE United States

394. Xi'an Underwaterdynamics Ltd China

395. Zero Waste Lab - Zewalab Associação Lix0 Portugal