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2. Each Party shall take in its territory appropriate measures to 

 prevent and punish conduct in contravention of the provisions of this 

 Convention. 



3. The Parties agree to co-operate in the development of procedures 

 for the effective application of this Convention particularly on the 

 high seas, including procedures for the reporting of vessels and air- 

 craft observed dumping in contravention of the Convention. 



4. This Convention shall not apply to those vessels and aircraft en- 

 titled to sovereign immunity under international law. However each 

 Party shall ensure by the adoption of appropriate measures that such 

 vessels and aircraft owned or operated by it act in a manner consistent 

 with the object and purpose of this Convention, and shall inform the 

 Organisation accordingly. 



5. Nothing in this Convention shall affect the right of each Party 

 to adopt other measures, in accordance with the principles of inter- 

 national law, to prevent dumping at sea. 



Article VIII 



In order to further the objectives of this Convention, the Contract- 

 ing Parties with common interests to protect in the marine environ- 

 ment in a given geographical area shall endeavor, taking into account 

 characteristic regional features, to enter into regional agreements con- 

 sistent with this Convention for the prevention of pollution, especially 

 by dumping. The Contracting Parties to the present Convention shall 

 endeavour to act consistently with the objectives and provisions of 

 such regional agreements, which shall be notified to them by the Orga- 

 nisation. Contracting Parties shall seek to co-operate with the parties 

 to regional agreements in order to develop harmonized procedures to 

 be followed by Contracting Parties to the different conventions con- 

 cerned. Special attention shall be given to co-operation in the field of 

 monitoring and scientific research. 



Article IX 



The Contracting Parties shall promote, through collaboration 

 within the Organisation and other international bodies, support for 

 those Parties which request it for : 



(a) the training of scientific and technical personnel ; 

 (h) the supply of necessary equipment and facilities for re- 

 search arid monitoring ; 



(c) the disposal and treatment of waste and other measures to 

 prevent or mitigate pollution caused by dumping; 

 preferably within the countries concerned, so furthering the aims and 

 purposes of this Convention. 



Article X 



In accordance with the principles of international law regarding 

 State responsibility for damage to the environment of other States or 

 to any other area of the environment, caused by dumping of wastes 

 and other matter of all kinds, the Contracting: Parties undertake to 

 develop procedures for the assessment of liability and the settlement 

 of disputes regarding dumping. 



