MEPC 43/21
ANNEX 2
DRAFT HNS-OPRC CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 1
Accession to the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990 (OPRC Convention) and ratification and early implementation of the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (HNS Protocol)
THE CONFERENCE,
HAVING ADOPTED the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000, (HNS Protocol),
MINDFUL that, at the time of adoption of the HNS Protocol, [45] States are Parties to the OPRC Convention,
BEING AWARE that accession to the OPRC Convention is a prerequisite for becoming a Party to the HNS Protocol,
DESIRING that the provisions of the HNS Protocol should become effective as soon as possible to facilitate international co-operation on preparedness for and response to pollution incidents involving hazardous noxious substances.
1. URGES all States not yet being Parties to the OPRC Convention, including those which have not participated in this Conference, to accede to the OPRC Convention as soon as possible;
2. CALLS UPON all States being Parties to the OPRC Convention to become Parties to the HNS Protocol and to implement its provisions as soon as possible;
3. URGES FURTHER all States to establish, as soon as and to the extent possible, national systems for responding to pollution incidents involving hazardous noxious substances,
4. URGES ALSO all States, pending the entry into force of the HNS Protocol, to co-operate among themselves and with the International Maritime Organization, as appropriate, in exchanging information on pollution incidents involving hazardous noxious substances and in facilitating prompt assistance in the event of a major pollution incident.
