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Article XI 



The Contracting Parties shall at their first consultative meeting con- 

 sider procedures for the settlement of disputes concerning the interpre- 

 tation and application of this Convention. 



Article XII 



The Contracting Parties pledge themselves to promote, within the 

 competent specialised agencies and other international bodies, meas- 

 ures to protect the marine environment against pollution caused by : 

 (a) hydrocarbons, including oil, ancl their wastes ; 

 (h) other noxious or hazardous matter transported by vessels 

 for purposes other than dumping ; 



(c) wastes generated in the course of operation of vessels, air- 

 craft, platforms and other man-made structures at sea ; 



(d) radio-active pollutants from all sources, including vessels; 



(e) agents of chemical and biological warfare ; 



(/) wastes or other matter directly arising from, or related to 



the exploration, exploitation and associated off-shore processing 



of sea-bed mineral resources. 



The Parties will also promote, within the appropriate international 



organisation, the codification of signals to be used by vessels engaged 



in dumping. 



Article XIII 



Nothing in this Convention shall prejudice the codification and de- 

 velopment of the law of the sea by the United Nations Conference on 

 the Law of the Sea convened pursuant to Resolution 2750 C (XXV) of 

 the General Assembly of the United Nations nor the present or future 

 claims and legal views of any State concerning the law of the sea and 

 the nature and extent of coastal and flag State jurisdiction. The Con- 

 tracting Parties agree to consult at a meeting to be convened by the 

 Organisation after the Law of the Sea Conference, and in any case 

 not later than 1976, with a view to defining the nature and extent of 

 the right and the responsibility of a coastal State to apply the Con- 

 vention in a zone adjacent to its coast. 



Article XIV 



1. The Government of the United Kintrdom of Great Britain and 

 Northern Ireland as a depositary shall call a meeting of the Contract- 

 ing Parties not later than three months after the entry into force of 

 this Convention to decide on organisational matters. 



2. The Contracting Parties shall designate a competent Organisa- 

 tion existing at the time of that meeting to be responsible for 

 Secretariat duties in relation to this Convention. Any Party to this 

 Convention not beinsr a member of this Organization shall make an 

 appropriate contribution to the expenses incurred by the Organisation 

 in performing these duties. 



3. The Secretariat duties of the Organisation shall include : 



(a) the convening of consultative meetings of the Contracting 

 Parties not less frequently than once every two years and of 



