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realities are likely to be such that a sub-seabed disposal proposal would 

 generate considerable international attention revolving around the notions 

 of preservation of the global marine environment and utilization of the 

 seabed beyond national jurisdiction. At the very least, lengthy consul- 

 tations with other nations and rigorous environmental assessment will be 

 necessary to deal with such a political reaction. Multilateral or inter- 

 national institutions measures using existing frameworks such as the Ocean 

 Dumping Convention consultations and international organizations such as 

 the IAEA and IMCO could also provide an opportunity to obtain international 

 recognition of such a proposal. These functions of the international organ- 

 izations are also recognized in the ICNT/Rev. 2 at several points; it could 

 be argued on this basis that the standards developed in these organizations 

 represent new international law applicable to emerging uses of the oceans 

 and seabed and provide an acceptable channel to obtain international recog- 

 nition of such new uses. The following paragraphs from the ICNT/Rev. 2 

 are presented to illustrate how the use of international organizations to 

 create generally recognized standards is authorized by the text: 



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4. States, r.ctine especially through competent international orKanizations 

 or ttiplonetic conference, shall ondcavour to establish (rlobrJ end. rcg-ionaJ. rules, 

 standards and reconDonded practices and procedures to prevent, reduce and control 

 pollution of the marine cnvironnent fron land-based sources, talcing- into account 

 characteristic icg-ional features, the economic capacity of developing States and 

 their need for economic dcvolopnent. Such rules, standards and icconncnded practices 

 and procedures shall be ro-cxanincd fron time to tine as necessary. 



5. Laws, regulations, measures, rules, stpnd.-jds and reconiaended practices 

 end procedures referred to in par?.^aphs 1, 2 and 4 respectively shall include those 

 designed to minimize, to the fullest possible extent, the release of toxic, harnful 

 and noxious substances, especially persistent substances, into the n?xinc environment. 



