Important Days

World Ocean Day 2022: June 8

Published on 17 Jun 2026

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  • Oceans Day is celebrated every year on June 8 to conserve the water body through collective efforts and save it from the perils of human activities.
  • World Oceans Day 2022 theme is ‘Revitalisation: Collective Action for the Ocean’. 
  • It aims at encouraging collective action for the preservation of the water body as the oceans are an essential link that connects us all.
  • The idea of World Oceans Day was first proposed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • On December 5, 2008, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution and designated June 8 as World Oceans Day.
Source: SarkariPariksha