CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -2018 World Oceans Day theme: “Clean our Ocean!” The United Nations celebrates World Oceans Day every year on June 8.

Detailed explanation-2: -That is why, by its resolution 63/111 of 5 December 2008, the UN General Assembly designated 8 June as World Oceans Day.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Revitalization: collective action for the ocean” is the theme for World Oceans Day 2022, a year framed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science and the celebration of the United Nations Ocean Conference, two years after being cancelled because of the pandemic.

Detailed explanation-4: -This year’s United Nations World Oceans Day, on 8 June 2022, highlighted the theme Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean. This was the first hybrid celebration of the annual event, hosted in-person at the UN Headquarters in New York and broadcast live to over 86, 000 viewers from 143 member states.

Detailed explanation-5: -The day is commemorated to remind people of the importance of the oceans and the major role they play in everyday life. The day is also observed to make raise public awareness of the ocean and its resources in order to promote global ocean and resource sustainability.