World Ocean Day - 8th June 2025


 World Ocean day 8th June 2025 @ 7.00pm at the Colombo City Centre premises , Colombo 2 , Srilanka . 
 World Ocean Day (WOD) is an international
day that takes place annually on June 8. The
concept was originally proposed in 1992 by
Canada's International Centre for Ocean
Development (1COD) and the Ocean Institute
of Canada (01C) at the Earth Summit - UN
Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The
Ocean Project started global coordination of
World Ocean Day starting in 2002. "World
Oceans Day" was officially recognized by the
United Nations in 2008. The international day
supports the implementation of worldwide
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and
fosters public interest in the protection of the
Ocean and the sustainable management of its
resources. World Oceans Day is observed by
all UN member states. Since the creation of
WOD there has been a new theme each year
that shapes the annual event and aims to
raise awareneSs to the dangers our oceans
face.

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