Compilation of the UN Environment Assembly Resolutions on Marine Litter and Microplastics. First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Expert Group established under UNEP/EA.3/Res.7 Marine Litter and Microplastics.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”,1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen-based compounds, from numerous marine and land-based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems,