d. Amendments, Concerning the Protection of the Great Barrier 

 Reef, October 12, 1971. Not In Force* 



Adopted hy the Seventh Session of the Intergovernmental Maritime 

 Consultative Organization Assembly October 12, 1971. 



RESOLUTION A.232(VII), ADOPTED ON 12 OCTOBER 1971 

 (ASSEMBLY— 7th session, Agenda item 9) 



THE ASSEMBLY, 



NOTING Article 16 (i) of the Convention on the Inter-Govern- 

 mental Maritime Consultative Organization, concerning the functions 

 of the Assembly, 



KECOGNIZING the Great Barrier Reef, which consists of a 

 continuous chain of cays and live coral reefs extending for a distance 

 of some 1250 miles from latitude 9° South to latitude 24° South and 

 up to 145 nautical miles from the Australian coast, as an area of 

 unique scientific importance and of extraordinary international sig- 

 nificance, particularly in the field of tourism, 



NOTING the deep concern expressed by the Government of Aus- 

 tralia that the Great Barrier Reef should be maintained and preserved 

 in its natural state free from pollution in any form particularly that 

 caused by discharges from ships of oil or oily mixtures even in limited 

 quantities, 



RECALLING the definition of the term "from the nearest land" 

 as set out in Annex A(l) of the International Convention for the 

 Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, and restated in the 

 amended text of Article I of the Convention as adopted by the Assem- 

 bly in Resolution A.175 (VI) on 21 October 1969, 



NOTING FURTHER that Article XVI of the International Con- 

 vention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, pro- 

 vides for procedures for amendment involving participation by the 

 Organization, 



HAVING CONSIDERED the particular amendments to the Inter- 

 national Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by 

 Oil, 1954, as amended in 1969 by Resolution A.175 (VI), forming 

 the subject of a recommendation by the Martime Safety Committee 

 at its twenty-third session in accordance with Article XVI of that 

 Convention with a view to protecting the area known as the Great 

 Barrier Reef from the effects of pollution by oil, 



*8ource: 92d Congress, 2d session. Senate. Executive K. 



Ratified hy: Canada, Finland, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Norway, Philippines (with 

 declaration). Sweden, Tunisia, as of Dec. 31, 1974. 



Implementinq legislation: Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973 ; Public Law 93-119 

 [H.R. 5451], 87 Stat. 424, approved October 4, 1973 [previously cited]. 



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