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ADOPTS the following amendments to the Articles of the Conven- 

 tion (as amended in 1969), the texts of which are at Annex to this 

 Resolution : 



(a) the replacement of the definition of "nearest land" in Ar-"^ 

 tide I by a new definition ; 



(b) the replacement of sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (a) 

 of Article III by a new sub-paragraph, 



REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization, in con- 

 formity with Article XVI(2)(a), to communicate certified copies of 

 this Resolution to all Contracting Governments to the International 

 Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of tlie Sea by Oil, 1954, 

 together with copies to all Members of the Organization, 



INVITES all governments concerned to acce[)t the Amendment at 

 the earliest possible date after formal entry into force of the Amend- 

 ments to the Convention adopted on 21 October 1969 by Resolution 

 A.175(VI), 



INVITES FURTHER governments which have imi)lementcd, on 

 a national basis, the Amendments to the Convention a(lo|)tcd by the 

 Assembly on 21 October 1969 to give effect also to the attached pro- 

 visions for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef. 



ANNEX 



Article I 



The existing text of the definition of "Nearest Land" in Article I 

 is re])laced by the following: 



"Nearest land". The term "from the nearest land" means from the 

 baseline from which the territorial sea of the territory in question is 

 established in accordance with the Geneva Convention on the Terri- 

 torial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958, except that, for the pur|)oses 

 of this Convention "from the nearest land" off the north eastern coast 

 of Australia shall mean from a line drawn from a i)oint on the coast 

 of Australia in latitude 11° South, longitude 142°08' East to a point 

 in latitude 10°35' South, longitude 14i°55' East— 



thence to a i)oint latitude 10°00' South, longitude 142°00' East 

 thence to a i)oint latitude 9°10' South, longitude 143°52' East 

 thence to a point latitude 9°00' South, longitude 144°30' East 

 thence to a point latitude 13°00' South, .ongitude 144°00' 



15°00' South, longitude 

 18°00' South, longitude 

 21°00' South, longitude 



146°00' 

 147°00' 

 153°00' 



East 



thence to a point latitude 

 East 



thence to a point latitude 

 East 



thence to a point latitude 

 East 



Thence to a point on the coast of Australia in latitude 24°42' 

 South, longitude 153°15' East. 



Article III 



The existing text of sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of Article 

 III is re[)laced by the following: 



(iv) the discharge is made as far as practicable from the 

 nearest land. 



