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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art.1', 'Art.3', 'Art.3', 'Art.4', 'Art.4', 'Art.4', 'Art.4', 'Art.4', 'Art.4', 'Art.5', 'Art.5', 'Art.6', 'Art.7', 'Art.8', 'Art.9', 'Art.11', 'Art.12', 'Art.13', 'Art.14', 'Art.15', 'Art.15', 'Art.16', 'Art.16', 'Art.16', 'Art.16', 'Art.16', 'Art.16', 'Art.17', 'Art.17', 'Art.18', 'Art.18', 'Art.19', 'Art.20', 'Art.21', 'Art.21', 'Art.21', 'Art.21', 'Art.21', 'Art.22', 'Art.22', 'Art.22', 'Art.22', 'Art.22', 'Art.22', 'Art.23', 'Art.23', 'Art.24', 'Art.24', 'Art.24', 'Art.24', 'Art.25', 'Art.25', 'Art.25', 'Art.25', 'Art.25', 'Art.25', 'Art.25', 'Art.25', 'Art.25', 'Art.26', 'Art.26', 'Art.26', 'Art.27', 'Art.28', 'Art.28', 'Art.29', 'Art.29', 'Art.30', 'Art.31', 'Art.32', 'Art.33', 'Art.33', 'Art.33', 'Art.33']

1986: Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region
Related Lineage is: South Pacific Natural Environment
Titl.1 CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC REGION TITL TITL
Pre.1 The Parties, DESC GOAL DESC GOAL
Pre.11 Desirous to adopt the regional convention to strengthen the implementation of the general objective of the Action Plan for Managing the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region adopted at Rarotonga, Cook Islands, on 11 March 1982; RELA RELA
Art.1 Article 1 SCOP SCOP
Art.3 Article 3 SCOP SUBS DISP SCOP AMND
Art.3.1x Any Party may add areas under its jurisdiction within the Pacific Ocean between the Tropic of Cancer and 60 degrees South latitude and between 130 degrees East longitude and 120 degrees West longitude to the Convention Area. Such addition shall be notified to the Depositary who shall promptly notify the other Parties and the Organisation. Such areas shall be incorporated within the Convention Area ninety days after notification to the Parties by the Depositary provided there has been no objection to the proposal to add new areas by any Party affected by that proposal. If there is any such objection the Parties concerned will consult with a view to resolving the matter. SOVR INFO RELA
Art.4.1 1. The Parties shall endeavour to conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements, including regional or sub- regional agreements, for the protection, development and management of the marine and coastal environment of the Convention Area. Such agreements shall be consistent with this Convention and in accordance with international law. Copies of such agreements shall be communicated to the Organisation and through it to all Parties to this Convention. INFO RELA
Art.4.2 2. Nothing in this Convention or its Protocols shall be deemed to affect obligations assumed by a Party under agreements previously concluded. SOVR SOVR
Art.4.3 3. Nothing in this Convention and its Protocols shall be construed to prejudice or affect the interpretation and application of any provision or term in the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972. RELA SOVR SOVR RELA
Art.4.4 4. This Convention and its Protocols shall be construed in accordance with international law relating to their subject matter. SOVR SOVR
Art.4.5 5. Nothing in this Convention and its Protocols shall prejudice the present or future claims and legal views of any Party concerning the nature and extent of maritime jurisdiction. SOVR SOVR
Art.4.6 6. Nothing in this Convention shall affect the sovereign right of States to exploit, develop and manage their own natural resources pursuant to their own policies, taking into account their duty to protect and preserve the environment. Each Party shall ensure that activities within its jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of its national jurisdiction. SOVR SOVR
Art.5 Article 5 SUBS IMPL SUBS IMPL
Art.5.3 3. In addition to the Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping and the Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution Emergencies in the South Pacific Region, the Parties shall co-operate in the formulation and adoption of other Protocols prescribing agreed measures, procedures and standards to prevent, reduce and control pollution from all sources or in promoting environmental management in conformity with the objectives of this Convention. RELA RELA
Art.6 Article 6 SUBS SUBS
Art.7 Article 7 SUBS SUBS
Art.8 Article 8 SUBS SUBS
Art.9 Article 9 SUBS SUBS
Art.11 Article 11 SUBS SUBS
Art.12 Article 12 SUBS SUBS
Art.13 Article 13 SUBS SUBS
Art.14.1x The Parties shall, individually or jointly, take all appropriate measures to protect and preserve rare or fragile ecosystems and depleted, threatened or endangered flora and fauna as well as their habitat in the Convention Area. To this end, the Parties shall, as appropriate, establish protected areas, such as parks and reserves, and prohibit or regulate any activity likely to have adverse effects on the species, ecosystems or biological processes that such areas are designed to protect. The establishment of such areas shall not affect the rights of other Parties or third States under international law. In addition, the Parties shall exchange information concerning the administration and management of such areas. INFO SCIR INFO SOVR
Art.15 Article 15 SUBS IMPL SUBS
Art.15.2 2. When a Party becomes aware of a case in which the Convention Area is in imminent danger of being polluted or has been polluted, it shall immediately notify other countries and territories it deems likely to be affected by such pollution, as well as the Organisation. Furthermore it shall inform as soon as feasible, such other countries and territories and the Organisation of any measures it has itself taken to reduce or control pollution or the threat thereof. INFO INFO RELA
Art.16 Article 16 SUBS CONS SUBS SBS NATBS
Art.16.1 1. The Parties agree to develop and maintain, with the assistance of competent global, regional and subregional organisations as requested, technical guidelines and legislation giving adequate emphasis to environmental and social factors to facilitate balanced development of their natural resources and planning of their major projects which might affect the marine environment in such a way as to prevent or minimise harmful impacts on the Convention Area. SCIR
Art.16.2 2. Each Party shall, within its capabilities, assess the potential effects of such projects on the marine environment, so that appropriate measures can be taken to prevent any substantial pollution of, or significant and harmful changes within, the Convention Area. SCIR SCIR
Art.16.3.a (a) public comment according to its national procedures; INFO
Art.16.3.b (b) other Parties that may be affected to consult with it and submit comments. INFO
Art.16.4x The results of these assessments shall be communicated to the Organisation, which shall make them available to interested Parties. INFO RELA INFO RELA
Art.17.1 1. The Parties shall co-operate, either directly or with the assistance of competent global, regional and sub- regional organisations, in scientific research, environmental monitoring, and the exchange of data and other scientific and technical information related to the purposes of the Convention. INFO SCIR SCIR INFO
Art.17.2 2. In addition, the Parties shall, for the purposes of this Convention, develop and co-ordinate research and monitoring programmes relating to the Convention Area and co-operate, as far as practicable. in the establishment and implementation of regional, sub-regional and international research programmes. SCIR SCIR
Art.18 Article 18 SUBS SUBS
Art.18.1x The Parties undertake to co-operate, directly and when appropriate through the competent global, regional and sub-regional organisations, in the provision to other Parties of technical and other assistance in fields relating to pollution and sound environmental management of the Convention Area, taking into account the special needs of the island developing countries and territories. SCIR SCIR
Art.19.1x The Parties shall transmit to the Organisation information on the measures adopted by them in the implementation of this Convention and of Protocols to which they are Parties, in such form and at such intervals as the Parties may determine. RELA INFO INFO RELA
Art.20 Article 20 SUBS SUBS FINPR
Art.21 Article 21 SECS SECF NATBS SECS SECF NATBS
Art.21.1 1. The Organisation shall be responsible for carrying out the following secretariat functions: RELA RELA
Art.21.1.b (b) to transmit to the Parties notifications, reports and other information received in accordance with this Convention and its Protocols; INFO
Art.21.1.i (i) to transmit to the South Pacific Conference and the South Pacific Forum the reports of ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Parties. RELA INFO RELA
Art.21.2 2. Each Party shall designate an appropriate national authority to serve as the channel of communication with the Organisation for the purposes of this Convention. RELA RELA
Art.22 Article 22 HOBS HOBF AMND SBS FINAD SECF HOBS REVW SBS FINAD HOBF SECF AMND
Art.22.1.a (a) assess periodically the state of the environment in the Convention Area; SCIR
Art.22.1.c (c) adopt, review and amend as required annexes to this Convention and to its Protocols, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25; ATTACH ATTACH
Art.22.1.h (h) adopt by consensus financial rules and budget prepared in consultation with the Organisation, to determine, inter alia, the financial participation of the Parties under this Convention and those Protocols to which they are party. RELA RELA
Art.22.2 2. The Organisation shall convene the first ordinary meeting of the Parties not later than one year after the date on which the Convention enters into force in accordance with Article 31. RELA RELA
Art.22.3 3. Extraordinary meetings shall be convened at the request of any Party or upon the request of the Organisation, provided that such requests are supported by at least two-thirds of the Parties. It shall be the function of an extraordinary meeting of the Parties to consider those items proposed in the request for the holding of the extraordinary meeting and any other items agreed to by all the Parties attending the meeting. RELA RELA
Art.23 Article 23 AMND SECF SBS SBF SUBS HOBF SECF AMND
Art.23.2 2. If so requested by a majority of the Parties, the Organisation shall convene a conference of plenipotentiaries for the purpose of adopting Protocols to this Convention. RELA RELA
Art.24 Article 24 AMND SECF MEMB DEPO EIF SBS SBF AMND HOBF EIF DEPO SECF
Art.24.1 1. Any Party may propose amendments to this Convention. Amendments shall be adopted by a conference of plenipotentiaries which shall be convened by the Organisation at the request of two-thirds of the Parties. RELA RELA
Art.24.2 2. Any Party to this Convention may propose amendments to any Protocol. Such amendments shall be adopted by a conference of plenipotentiaries which shall be convened by the Organisation at the request of two-thirds of the Parties to the Protocol concerned. RELA RELA
Art.24.3 3. A proposed amendment to the Convention or any Protocol shall be communicated to the Organisation which shall promptly transmit such proposal for consideration to all the other Parties. RELA RELA
Art.25 Article 25 SECF AMND DEPO EIF AMND EIF DEPO
Art.25.1 1. Annexes to this Convention or to any Protocol shall form an integral part of the Convention or such Protocol respectively. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.25.2 2. Except as may be otherwise provided in any Protocol with respect to its annexes, the following procedures shall apply to the adoption and entry into force of any amendments to annexes to this Convention or to annexes to any Protocol: ATTACH ATTACH
Art.25.2.a (a) any Party may propose amendments to the annexes to this Convention or annexes to any Protocol; ATTACH ATTACH
Art.25.2.b (b) any proposed amendment shall be notified by the Organisation to the Parties not less than sixty days before the convening of a meeting of the Parties unless this requirement is waived by the meeting; RELA RELA
Art.25.2.e (e) any Party that is unable to approve an amendment to the annexes to this Convention or to annexes to any Protocol shall so notify in writing to the Depositary within one hundred days from the date of the communication of the amendment by the Depositary. A Party may at any time substitute an acceptance for a previous declaration of objection, and the amendment shall thereupon enter into force for that Party; ATTACH ATTACH
Art.25.2.g (g) on expiry of the period referred to in subparagraph (e) above, the amendment to the annex shall become effective for all Parties to this Convention or to the Protocol concerned which have not submitted a notification in accordance with the provisions of that sub-paragraph. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.25.3 3. The adoption and entry into force of a new annex shall be subject to the same procedure as that for the adoption and entry into force of an amendment to an annex as set out in the provisions of paragraph 2, provided that, if any amendment to the Convention or the Protocol concerned is involved, the new annex shall not enter into force until such time as that amendment enters into force. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.25.4 4. Amendments to the Annex on Arbitration shall be considered to be amendments to this Convention or its Protocols and shall be proposed and adopted in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 24. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.26 Article 26 DISP DISP DEPO
Art.26.2 2. If the Parties concerned cannot settle their dispute through the means mentioned in paragraph 1, the dispute shall, upon common agreement except as may be otherwise provided in any Protocol to this Convention, be submitted to arbitration under conditions laid down in the Annex on Arbitration to this Convention. However, failure to reach common agreement on submission of the dispute to arbitration shall not absolve the Parties from the responsibility of continuing to seek to resolve it by means referred to in paragraph 1. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.26.3 3. A Party may at any time declare that it recognizes as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other Party accepting the same obligation, the application of the arbitration procedure set out in the Annex on Arbitration. Such declaration shall be notified in writing to the Depositary who shall promptly communicate it to the other Parties. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.27 Article 27 MEMB MEMB SUBS
Art.28 Article 28 MEMB MEMB
Art.28.1x This Convention, the Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution Emergencies in the South Pacific Region, and the Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping shall be open for signature at the South Pacific Commission Headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia on 25 November 1986 and at the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation Headquarters, Suva, Fiji from 26 November 1986 to 25 November 1987 by States which were invited to participate in the Plenipotentiary Meeting of the High Level Conference on the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region held at Noumea, New Caledonia from 24 November 1986 to 25 November 1986. RELA RELA
Art.29 Article 29 MEMB DEPO MEMB DEPO
Art.29.1x This Convention and any Protocol thereto shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States referred to in Article 28. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Director who shall be the Depositary. RELA RELA
Art.30 Article 30 MEMB DEPO MEMB DEPO
Art.31 Article 31 EIF EIF
Art.32 Article 32 RESV RESV
Art.33 Article 33 DEPO DEPO
Art.33.1 1. The Depositary shall inform the Parties, as well as the Organisation RELA RELA
Art.33.1.f (f) of the adoption of new annexes and of the amendments of any annex in accordance with Article 25. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.33.2 2. The original of this Convention and of any Protocol thereto shall be deposited with the Depositary who shall send certified copies thereof to the Signatories, the Parties, to the Organisation and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the United Nations Charter. RELA RELA
Conc.1 In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention. CONC TEXT CONC TEXT