Resolution 5
Technical Co-operation
THE CONFERENCE,
HAVING ADOPTED the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000, (HNS Protocol),
NOTING that a key element in the international Maritime Organization's strategy for protection of the marine environment is the enhancement of national and regional capacity to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and mitigate marine pollution and to promote technical co-operation to this end,
RECOGNIZING the wide variety of hazardous and noxious substances, each of which requires specialized response functions and technical expertise,
RECOGNIZING ALSO the inherent hazards associated with these substances,
CONVINCED that it is desirable to establish close co-operation between a State that has suffered pollution by hazardous and noxious substances and the entities that handle such substances, in connection with maritime transportation,
REQUESTS co-operation between Member States and those entities that handle harzardous noxious substances to provide assistance to those responding to an HNS incident.
