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INTER-GOVERNMENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION, 



MARCH 8, 1973 



Preparatory Meeting for the International Conference on Marine Pollution, 

 1973— February 12-March 2, 1973— Agenda item 8 



report of the preparatory meeting to the maritime safety committee 



Draft resolutions relating to the prevention and control of marine pollution 



Attached hereto are the draft texts of seven Resolutions relating to the 

 prevention and control of marine pollution which have been prepared liy the 

 Preparatory Meeting during its consideration of the draft text of the Inter- 

 national Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973. 



Subject to approval by the Maritime Safety Committee, the drafts will be 

 incorporated in a working document and issued under Agenda item 6 of the 

 Conference. 



Draft Resolution 1 



Implementation of the 1969 Amendments to the International Convention 

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



The Conference, 



Noting its main objectives as set out in Resolution A.237(VII) adopted by the 

 Assembly of the Organization on 12 October 1971, as being the achievement, by 

 1975 if possible but certainly by the end of the decade, of the complete elimina- 

 tion of the wilful and intentional pollution of the seas by oil and noxious sub- 

 stances other than oil and the minimization of accidental spillages. 



Noting further Recommendation 86 of the United Nations Conference on the 

 Human Environment 1972 which called uiwn Governments to participate fully in 

 the present Conference as well as in other efforts with a view to bringing all 

 significant sources of pollution within the marine environment under appropriate 

 controls, including in particular, the complete elimination of deliberate pollution 

 by oil from ships with the goal of achieving this by the middle of the present 

 decade. 



Recognizing the importance of the International Convention for the Prevention 

 of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as being the first international instrument 

 to be concluded with the prime objective of protecting the environment, and ai> 

 predating the significant contrilmtion which that Convention has made in pre- 

 serving the seas and coastal environment from pollution. 



Noting the Amendments to that Conventicm. set out in Resolution A.175(VI) 

 adopted by the Assembly of the Organization on 21 October 1969. and considering 

 that the implementation of those amendments would be a major step towards the 

 complete elimination of oil pollution and would bring bout a significant reduc- 

 tion in the total quantity of oil reaching the sea. 



Believing that the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of 

 the Sea from Ships, 1973, w'hich was concluded by the present Conference will, 

 when implemented, achieve its stated objective of completely eliminating inten- 

 tional pollution by oil and other noxious substances from ships. 



Being aware that some lap.se of time will inevitably occur before tlie 1973 Con- 

 vention can enter into force. 



Urges Governments whidi have not yet accepted the 1969 Amendments to the 

 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil. 1954, 

 to do .so as a matter of urgency without awaiting the entry into force of the 

 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. 1973. 



Draft Resolution 2 



Development of Scientific Information on Water Quality Criteria 



The Conference. 



Recognizing that the capacity of the .sea to a.ssimilate pollutants and render 

 them harmless is limited and that its ability to regenerate natural resources is 

 also limited. 



Believing that the adequacy of measures taken to prevent pollution of the sea 

 by substances that are liable to create hazards to human health, to harm marine 



