IMO experts are attending a workshop dealing with the regulation of dumping of wastes at sea, under the London Protocol, in Bangkok, Thailand (10-11 August).
The workshop is designed to help protect against unregulated disposal of wastes at sea by encouraging cooperation among the participating countries and stressing the need to accede to the protocol.
The participating countries (Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand) have yet to accede to any international dumping agreement – as required under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Fredrik Haag and Ruijun Sun are representing IMO at the event, which is hosted by the Marine Department of Thailand and funded by the Republic of Korea.
The “Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972”, the “London Convention” for short, is one of the first global conventions to protect the marine environment from human activities and has been in force since 1975. Its objective is to promote the effective control of all sources of marine pollution and to take all practicable steps to prevent pollution of the sea by dumping of wastes and other matter. Currently, 87 States are Parties to this Convention.
In 1996, the “London Protocol” was agreed to further modernize the Convention and, eventually, replace it. Under the Protocol all dumping is prohibited, except for possibly acceptable wastes on the so-called “reverse list”. The Protocol entered into force on 24 March 2006 and there are currently 45 Parties to the Protocol.
Source and Image Credit: IMO
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