Resolution 2
Early entry into force of the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS 1996)
THE CONFERENCE,
HAVING ADOPTED the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances. 2000, (HNS Protocol),
RECOGNIZING that the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990 (OPRC Convention) draws special attention to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC 1969) and the International convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND 1971) and being aware of the 1992 CLC Protocol and the 1992 FUND Protocol,
RECOGNIZING ALSO that measures introduced by the HNS Protocol take into account the provisions of other important conventions developed by the International Maritime Organization, in particular the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended (MARPOL 73/78),
BEARING IN MIND the liability and compensation regime established by the 1996 International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea,
DESIRING that the provisions of the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS 1996) should become effective as soon as possible,
CALLS UPON all States, including those that have not participated in this Conference, to become Parties to HNS 1996, with a view to its early entry into force.
