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Global Conventions
| Currently, there are over 70 international conventions and agreements
dealing with the protection of the marine environment. However, the actual
regulation of offshore oil and gas activities is handled either at the
national level or within the framework of international conventions. |
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Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes
and Other Matter (London Convention 1972), London, 1972
Full text: click
here
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click here
Description from International Environmental Policy Reference Guide,
Harvard University: click
here
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International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,
1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL
73/78), London, 1973 and 1978
Full text: click
here
Summary: click
here
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click
here
Description from International Environmental Policy Reference Guide,
Harvard University: click
here
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Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention), Basel, 1989
Full text: click
here
Webpage: click here
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click
here
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International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
1969 (1969 CLC), Brussels, 1969, 1976, and 1984
Full text: click
here
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click
here
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International Convention on the Establishment of an International
Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1971 (1971 Fund Convention),
Brussels, 1971
Full text: click here
(pdf)
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click
here
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Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection
with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS),
London, 1996
Full text: click
here
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click
here
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International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response,
and Co-operation (OPRC), London, 1990
Full text: click
here
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click
here
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International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas
in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualities (Intervention Convention), Brussels,
1969
Full text: click
here
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click
here
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Montego
Bay, 1982
Full text: click
here
Description from The Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment
and Development: click
here
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