22. 通过纽约总部的 WebEx，联合国新闻中心与本地媒体渠道一起参与了两场新闻发布会，为海洋会议进行筹备。用英文和法文提供的情况介绍被媒体大量报道。新闻中心还鼓励地方社区参与旨在促进养护和可持续利用海洋和海洋资源的活动。联合国开罗新闻中心与一组潜水人员共同清理了亚历山大港的一部分。联合国驻明斯克办事处建立了一个用于教学目的的移动博物馆实验室。联合国拉各斯新闻中心举办了一场海鲜烹饪比赛和一场关于海洋废弃物回收制品的展览。一些联合国新闻中心组织了海滩清洁活动，并邀请年轻人了解有关养护情况。
22. United Nations information centres, together with local media outlets, joined two press conferences via WebEx from Headquarters in New York to prepare for the Conference. Offered in English and in French, the briefings generated considerable media coverage. The information centres also encouraged local communities to participate in activities promoting the conservation and sustainable use of oc eans, seas and marine resources. The United Nations information centre in Cairo worked with a team of divers to clean up part of the harbour of Alexandria. The United Nations Office in Minsk launched a mobile museum-laboratory for teaching purposes. The United Nations information centre in Lagos organized a seafood cooking contest and an exhibition of products made from recycled marine debris. Several United Nations information centres organized beach clean-up activities and invited young people to learn about conservation.