Say Yes for Children is a global campaign that will penetrate into every part of the world, to mobilize people from all walks of life around the issues that affect children's lives. Please take a minute to SAY YES right now. Ropme members include Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arab, Qatar, Oman, Iran and Iraq. At a two-day workshop which concluded yesterday, experts underlined the importance of concerted effort to cope with the situation. It was conducted by five experts from UK and US who gave participants firsthand knowledge in identifying and combating chemical threats to marine environment.
Oil pollution is more hazardous and difficult to tackle than chemical pollution.
It is more dangerous and requires a different type of precautions and techniques. Britain and the US have great expertise in this field and the response from the participants was very positive based on the issues they raised. The models which were presented during the workshop were actually based on the practical experience in this field. He said that there was good representation of many of the Gulf countries in the workshop. He said that one of the major causes of oil spill in the region is the movement of illegal oil or transfer of such oil through substandard ships.