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SOA Programme Director, Brandon Levy, joined the 101st Global Voyage of Peace Boat as a symbol of the partnership between Sustainable Ocean Alliance and Peace Boat. Brandon joined Peace Boat's Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors and hundreds of participants on a voyage from Ponta Delgada to New York City, where they docked to host a special event for UN World Oceans Day on June 8, 2019.

On June 7, Peace Boat’s Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors arrived in New York City, where the programme concluded with three intense days of activities to celebrate World Oceans Day with United Nations (UN) and civil society partners. They first took part in official activities at the UN Headquarters.  

June 8 was designated by the United Nations as "World Oceans Day." Peace Boat partnered with the United Nations and dozens of civil society groups to organize a series of events to celebrate this occasion.

On May 31, Peace Boat’s Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors arrived to Ponta Delgada, in the Azores Archipelago, onboard the 101st Global Voyage. During the day, the group were hosted by professors from the University of the Azores from whom they learnt about the many challenges that this group of nine islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean are facing in relation to climate change.

On June 7, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the international NGO Peace Boat will host a special event for global youth leaders to come together to highlight local initiatives for the SDGs , including Goals 5, 13 and 14. This interactive dialogue on why the ocean matters and how to make a difference for our oceans will encourage youth engagement in raising awareness of the benefits derived from the ocean and our individual and collective duty to take action, with the overarching theme of this year's UN World Oceans Day, “Gender and Oceans.

On May 27, Peace Boat’s Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors arrived at the Port of Motril onboard the 101st Global Voyage. The group travelled to Granada to take part in an event "IV Encuentro Voluntariado Comunidad Universitaria y Asociaciones Solidarias" that took place in the Sala Triunfo of the Hospital Real at the University of Granada.

During the Mediterranean segment of Peace Boat’s 101st voyage, the Berghof Foundation Tübingen held its annual meeting onboard as the ship travelled between the ports of Piraeus and Valletta. The Berghof Foundation supports efforts to prevent political and social violence and to achieve sustainable peace through conflict transformation, based on education and training on non-violent conflict resolutions.

The third generation of Peace Boat’s Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors met in Malta on May 24, where the programme started with a series of events in Valletta. 

For the third year in a row after its launch in 2017, Peace Boat has invited youth from small islands on the frontline of the climate crisis to travel onboard its ship to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change and ocean degradation. The Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador Programme will begin in Malta on May 24. The programme will conclude in New York City on World Oceans Day.