Peter Thomson

Thomson is the U.N.S.G.’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, charged with leading global efforts to implement the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goal 14, to conserve and sustainably use the ocean’s resources. He served as President of the U.N. General Assembly from 2016 to 2017, and was Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. from 2010 to 2016

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