Other Regional Links
Arctic
Council top
The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that provides
a mechanism to address the common concerns and challenges faced by the
Arctic governments and the people of the Arctic
Caspian
Environment Programme (CEP) top
The CEP goal: “Sustainable development of the Caspian environment, including
living resources and water quality, protecting human health, ecological
integrity for the sake of future generations.”
Caspian Sea >> General
background
Caspian Sea >>
Environmental issues
EIA
Caspian Sea Region (Report)
The Caspian Sea region is important to world markets because it has large
oil and gas reserves that are only now beginning to be fully developed.
Developing these resources has resulted in competition both between companies
to get the contracts to develop this potential, and between nations to
determine the final export routes. (Report provided by the by Energy Information
Administration, EIA)
International
Seabed Authority top
The International Seabed Authority is an autonomous international
organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea and the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of
Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Authority
is the organization through which States Parties to the Convention shall,
in accordance with the regime for the seabed and ocean floor and subsoil
thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (the Area) established
in Part XI and the Agreement, organize and control activities in the Area,
particularly with a view to administering the resources of the Area.
International
Seabed Area
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Regional
Programmes top
The
IOC's regional subsidiary bodies are responsible for the promotion, development
and co-ordination of the Commission's marine scientific research programmes,
the ocean services, and related activities, including TEMA (training,
education and mutual assistance), in their respective regions. In establishing
their programmes, they take into account the specific interests and needs
of the member States in the region.
IOC
Ocean Mapping
IOC activities in international ocean mapping began in 1969 after the
endorsement by the UN General Assembly of the Long-Term and Expanded Programme
of the Ocean. The first activity was the compilation of the Geological
and Geophysical Atlas of the Indian Ocean taking advantage of the data
collected through the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE). This
atlas was published in 1975 by the Academy of Sciences and the Main Administration
of Geodesy and Cartography of the forrner USSR.
Marine
Emergency Mutual Aid Centre (MEMAC) top
The Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre (MEMAC) was established on 4th
August 1982 at Manama - Bahrain within the framework of Kuwait Regional
Convention for Co-operation on the protection of the Marine Environment
from Pollution together with the Protocol concerning co-operation in combating
pollution by oil & other harmful substances in cases of emergency which
were signed on 24th April 1978 at Kuwait .
Ocean
Drilling Programme top
The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) is an international partnership of scientists
and research institutions organized to explore the evolution and structure
of Earth. ODP provides researchers around the world access to a vast repository
of geological and environmental information recorded far below the ocean
surface in seafloor sediments and rocks. By studying ODP data we gain
a better understanding of Earth's past, present, and future.
Oceans
and the Law of the Sea top
Marine Environment:The United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Sea (DOALOS), as the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea and as the United Nations focal point for oceans
and law of the sea, plays a prominent role in issues relating to the protection
and preservation of the marine environment. Ducuments/links include:
Regional
Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME)
top
In order to implement the Kuwait Regional Convention, its Protocol, and
the Kuwait Action Plan, the Regional Organisation for the Protection of
Marine Environment - ROPME, as defined in Article XIV of the convention
, was established on 1 July 1979 upon deposit of instruments of ratification
by five Contracting States in accordance with paragraph (a) of Article
XXVIII of the convention. The programmes and activities of ROPME were
carried out by the UNEP Interim Secretariat until the establishment of
ROPME Secretariat on 1 January 1982 as per the agreement between ROPME
and the Government of the State of Kuwait - 17 November 1981.
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