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(b) the Committee shall, except as specifically provided other- 

 wise in its terms of reference, for example paragraph (a) thereof ,^ 

 report to the Assembly through the Council. The Council shall 

 transmit reports of the Cormnittee to the Assembly, together with 

 its own comments and recommendations. As_ regards budgetary 

 and other organizational matters, the Council shall exercise the 

 same functions and control as it does over other sectors of the 

 Organization's work ; 



(c) the Committee shall follow the Kules of Procedure of As- 

 sembly except insofar as the Committee, with approval of the 

 Assembly, adopts other rules. The Committee is empowered to 

 adopt and apply its own rules in relation to the following^ sub- 

 jects : sessions, credentials, publicity, agenda, election of officers, 

 summary records and languages. The quorum for the_ meetings of 

 the Committee shall be determined by the Committee itself, 



Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary steps for the 

 inauguration of the Committee early in 1974, 



Requests the Council, the Maritime Safety Committee and the Legal 

 Committee to provide all possible assistance and co-operation with the 

 work of the Committee. 



RESOLUTION A.296(VIII) 



adopted on 23 November 1973 



International Conference on IVIarine Pollution, 1973 



The Assembly^ 



Noting with satisfaction that on 2 November 1973 the International 

 Conference on Marine Pollution adopted the International Conven- 

 tion for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 and the Protocol 

 Eelating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollu- 

 tion by Substances other than Oil, 



Having considered the provisions of the Convention, its Protocols, 

 Annexes and Appendices and the Protocol relating to intervention 

 and, in particular. Article 19 of the Convention and Article IX of the 

 Protocol which assign depositary functions to the Organization, 



Having also considered that the Convention and the Protocol relat- 

 ing to intervention confer certain functions on an appropriate body 

 designated by the Organization, particularly the adoption of amend- 

 ments to the Convention and the establishment and maintenance of the 

 list to be annexed to the Protocol, 



Having further considered the Resolutions adopted by the Confer- 

 ence, 



Noting Resolution A.297(VIII) by which the Assembly established 

 a Marine Environment Protection Committee, 



Decides to accept the functions assigned to the Organization by the 

 Convention and the Protocol adopted on 2 November 1973 and, in par- 

 ticular, the depositary^ functions conferred on the Organization. 



Designates the Marine Environment Protection Committee as the 

 appropriate body referred to in Article 16 of the Convention and Arti- 

 cles I and III of the above-mentioned Protocol, 



Invites Governments to give consideration to ratification, approval 

 or acceptance of or accession to the Convention and the Protocol at as 

 early a date as possible. 



