8th June 50th Anniversary Inauguration Day

Programme of the Day (pdf)

Welcome addresses

• Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO
• Valérie Letard, Secrétaire d’Etat chargée des technologies vertes et des négociations sur le climat
• Maud Fontenoy
• Ms Eleonora Mitrofanova, Chairperson of the Executive Board of UNESCO
• Mr. Guy Lengagne, President of NAUSICAA, the Former Minister of the Sea of France
• Captain Hugo Gorziglia, Director of the International Hydrographic Bureau
• Messages from partners

Presentation on the IOC History: 50 Years on the Services to the Humankind (Executive-Secretary of IOC)

Medals Giving Ceremony to the former Chairs and Executive Secretaries of the IOC (Photos and Biodata)

Introduction of the Book "Troubled Waters: ocean science and governance" by David Pugh and Geoff Holland, co-editors of the Book

Message from the Youth

Introduction of a Call on Peoples of the World and Nations (pdf) 

During the anniversary ceremony, Geoff Holland, former chair and architect of the IOC’s Ocean Charter in 1998, presented an Ocean Call, appealing for greater priority to be given to programmes in coastal and ocean management, ocean sciences and ocean technologies.  

Reception (cocktail)