Resolution 6
Early implementation of the provisions of article 10 of the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000
THE CONFERENCE,
HAVING ADOPTED the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000, (HNS Protocol),
NOTING the provisions of resolution A.448(XI) of the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization on regional arrangements for combating major incidents or threats of marine pollution, and further Assembly resolutions on technical assistance in the field of protection of the marine environment (A.349(IX). A.677(16)),
NOTING ALSO, in particular, that article 10 of the HNS Protocol by which the Parties designated IMO, subject to its agreement and the availability of adequate resources to sustain the activity, to carry out certain functions and activities and to meet certain objectives of the HNS Protocol.
NOTING FURTHER the importance of taking account of the experience gained with the OPRC Convention and in regional agreements on combating marine pollution,
RECOGNIZING the importance of early implementation of the objectives of article 10 of the HNS Protocol,
1. INVITES the Secretary-General of the Organization, pending the entry into force of the HNS Protocol, to initiate the early implementation of functions and activities in order to meet the objectives in article 10 of the HNS Protocol;
2. INVITES the Organization to provide a forum for discussion of experiences gained within regional conventions and agreements concerning response to pollution incidents involving hazardous noxious substances;
3. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to present to the Organization, within one year of this Conference, a programme which indicates the way in which the Organization contemplates carrying out the duties mentioned in this Protocol;
4. INVITES FURTHER the Organization to review periodically progress made in implementing article 10 of the HNS Protocol.
