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4. "related interests" means the interests of a coastal State directly 

 affected or threatened by the maritime casualty, such as : 



(a)^ maritime coastal, port or estuarine activities, including 

 fisheries activities, constituting an essential means of livelihood 

 of the persons concerned ; 



(b) tourist attractions of the area concerned ; 



(o) the health of the coastal population and the well-being of 

 the area concerned, including conservation of living marine 

 resources and of wildlife ; 



5. "Organization" means the Inter-Governmental Maritime Con- 

 sultative Organization. 



Article III 



When a coastal State is exorcising tlie right to take moasurcs in 

 accordance witli Article I, tho following provisions shall apply: 



(a) before taking any measures, a coastal State shall proceed 

 to consultations with other States affected by the maritime 

 *'asiialty, particularly with the flag State or States; 



(6) the coastal State shall notify without delay the proposed 

 measures to any persons physical or corporate known to the 

 coastal State, or made known to it during the consultations, to 

 have interests which can reasonably be expected to be affected 

 by those measures. The coastal State shall take into account any 

 vie\\s they may subuiit; 



(c) before any measure is taken, the coastal State may proceed 

 to a consultation w ith independent oxpiTts, whoso names shall be 

 chosen from a list maintained by the Organization; 



(</) in eases of extreme urgency requiring measures to be taken 

 immediately, the coastal wState may take measures rendere<l 

 necessary by the urgency of the situation, without prior notifica 

 cation or consultation or without continuing consultations already 

 begun; 



(e) a coastal State shall, before taking such measures {»nd 

 during their course, use its best endeavoui's to avoid any risk 

 to human life, and to afford persons in distress any assistance of 

 which they may stand in need, and in appropriate cases to 

 facilitate the repatriation of ships' crews, and to raise no obstacle 

 thereto ; 



(f) measures \\hi('h have been taken in ai)plicaition of Article I 

 shall be notified without delay to the States and to the known 

 ])hysical or corporate persons concerned, as well as to the 

 Secretary-General of the Organization. 



Article IV 



1. Under the supervision of the Organization, there shall be set up 

 and maintained the list of exi)erts contemplated by Article III of the 

 present Convention, and the Organization shall make necessary and 



