内容摘要：“I don’t have an official position on that,” Andrapalliyal said.

“I don’t have an official position on that,” Andrapalliyal said.

At the heart of the conference is the push to ratify the High Seas Treaty, adopted in 2023. If it takes effect, the treaty would for the first time allow countries to establish marine protected areas in international waters, which cover nearly two-thirds of the ocean and remain largely ungoverned.“The High Seas Treaty is critical to ensuring we can protect biodiversity in the ocean,” said Rebecca Hubbard, director of the High Seas Alliance. “We’re in the middle of a biodiversity and climate crisis. We absolutely have to protect the ocean to address those crises.”

But even in waters already designated as protected, enforcement often falls short. Many countries, France included, faceover weak regulation and continued industrial activity within their marine protected areas.“The ambition is not there, the speed is not there, and the scale has not been there,” said Sílvia Tavares, project manager at Oceano Azul Foundation. “Moments like UNOC are key to changing that.”

People walk on the sea promenade ahead of the UN Ocean Conference, Saturday, June 7, 2025 in Nice, French Riviera. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)People walk on the sea promenade ahead of the UN Ocean Conference, Saturday, June 7, 2025 in Nice, French Riviera. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Several countries are expected to announce new marine protected areas, or MPAs, during the conference, along with bans on bottom trawling and other destructive activities within their existing MPA networks.

After Sunday’s parade sail, the “Ocean Wonders” fleet will remain docked in Nice and open to the public until the conference concludes on June 13.Immigration advocates say the people who were detained do not have criminal histories and are being denied their due process rights.

Much like New York, Los Angeles is an international city that many immigrants call home. The city’s official seal carries images referencing the region’s time under Spanish and Mexican rule. Over 150 languages are spoken by students in the Los Angeles Unified School District. About half of the city’s residents are Latino and about one-third were born outside the U.S.Bass faulted the Trump administration for creating “a chaotic escalation” by mobilizing troops to quell protests.

“This is the last thing that our city needs,” Bass said.Los Angeles resident Adam Lerman, who has attended the protests, warned that protests would continue if the Trump administration pushes more raids in the city.