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The Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries
on the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment
of the Wider Caribbean Region
Cartagena de Indias, Columbia, 21-24 March
1983
- The Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the
Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the
Wider Caribbean Region was convened by the Executive Director
of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in pursuance
of a recommendation adopted by the Intergovernmental Meeting
on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme
(Montego Bay, 6-8 April 1981).
- The Conference met at the Centro Internacional
de Convenciones, Cartagena de Indias, from 21 to 24 March
1983, at the invitation of the Government of the Republic
of Colombia.
- The States and regional economic integration
organizations invited to participate in the Conference were:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezeula,
the Caribbean Community and the European Economic Community.
- The following States and regional economic
integration organizations accepted the invitation and participated
in the Conference: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, France,
Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States
of America, Venezuela, the Caribbean Community and the European
Economic Community.
- Representatives of the following United
Nations bodies and specialized agencies, intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations also attended the Conference:
United Nations
- United Nations
- Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
Specialized agencies
- Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
- International Maritime Organization
(IMO)
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Intergovernmental organizations
- Organization of American
States
Non-governmental organizations
- Caribbean Conservation Association
- International Union for the Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources
- During an inaugural ceremony, the Conference
heard a welcoming address by His Excellency Mr. Julio Londoño,
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Government
of the Republic of Colombia. The Conference was formally opened
by Mr. Mostafa K. Tolba, Executive Director of the United
Nations Environment Programme, who served as the Secretary-General
of the Conference.
- The Conference adopted as its rules of procedure
the draft rules proposed by the secretariat (UNEP/IG.39/3).
- The Conference elected His Excellency, Mr.
Julio Londoño, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, head of the
Columbian delegation, as President of the Conference.
- The Conference also elected the following
officers:
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His Excellency,
Minister José J. Cabrera Malo (Venezuela)
His Excellency, Minister Wladimir Pérez Leiva (Nicaragua)
His Excellency, Minister Clarence Rambally
(Saint Lucia)
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| Rapporteur:
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Mr. Anthony
Orr (Jamaica) |
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| Chairman
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His Excellency,
Ambassador José Luis Vallarra (Mexico)
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| Chairman
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Mr. Jean-Luc
Florent (France) |
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- The Conference adopted its agenda as follows:
- Opening of the Conference.
- Organization of the Conference.
- Adoption of the rules of
procedure;
- Election of the President;
- Election of three Vice-Presidents,
Rapporteur, Chairman of the Main Committee and Chairman
of the Drafting Committee.
- Adoption of the Agenda.
- Appointment of the Credentials Committee.
- Appointment of the Drafting Committee.
- Organization of the work of the
Conference.
- Examination of the draft Convention
for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment
of the Wider Caribbean Region.
- Examination of the draft Protocol concerning
Co-operation in Combating Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean
Region.
- Consideration of the report of the Credentials
Committee.
- Adoption of the Convention and its Protocol.
- Adoption of the Final Act of the Conference.
- Signature of the Final Act.
- Closing of the Conference.
- In conformity with the rules of procedure,
the Conference established the following Committees:
General Committee:
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President
of the Conference |
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Vice-Presidents
of the Conference, Rapporteur, Chairman of the Main
Committee and Chairman of the Drafting Committee. |
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Main Committee:
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His Excellency,
Ambassador José Luis Vallarra (Mexico)
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| Vice-Chairman:
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Mr. Allan
Norman Araya Umaña (Costa Rica)
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| Rapporteur:
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Mr. Anthony
Orr (Jamaica) |
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Credentials Committee:
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President
of the Conference |
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| Members:
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Vice-Presidents
of the Conference, Rapporteur, Chairman of the Main
Committee and Chairman of the Drafting Committee. |
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Drafting Committee:
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Mr. Jean-Luc
Florent (France) |
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| Members:
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Mr. Luis
Carlos Barrera Méndez (Colombia)
Mr. Alfredo Evelio Amenteros Vegueriz (Cuba)
Mr. Partick Széll (United Kingdom)
Mr. Scott A. Hajost (United States of
America)
Mrs. Imeria Núñez de Odreman (Venezuela)
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- The report of the Third Meeting of Experts
on Draft Regional Agreements for the Wider Caribbean Region
(UNEP/IG.39/4) served as the basis for the deliberations of
the Conference. The report contained, in particular, the texts
of:
Draft Convention for the Protection and
Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean
Region;
Draft Protocol concerning Co-operation
in Combating Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean Region.
- In addition, the Conference had before it
a number of other documents that were made available to it
by the secretariat.
- In conformity with rule 4 of the rules of
procedure, the Credentials Committee examined the credentials
of representatives and submitted its report to the Conference.
The Conference approved the recommendation of its Credentials
Committee that the credentials of the representatives of sixteen
participating States and of the European Economic Community
should be recognized as being in order.
- As a result of its deliberations, the following
instrumnets were adopted by the Conference:
Convention for the Protection
and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean
Region
Protocol Concerning
Co-operation in Combating Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean Region
- The delegations participating in the Conference
considered that, for the application of the Convention and
its Protocols, the term "pollution" will be construed
in accordance with international law relating to their subject-matter.
- The Convention and Protocol, which are annexed
to this Final Act, will be open for signature at Cartagena
de Indias on 24 March 1983 and at Bogotá from 25 March 1983
to 23 March 1984 by States invited to participate in the Conference
and by any regional economic integration organization exercising
competence in fields covered by the Convention and Protocol
and having at least one member State which belongs to the
Wider Caribbean Region, provided that such regional organization
has been invited to participate in the Conference.
- The Conference also adopted resolutions,
the texts of which are appended to this Final Act.
UNEP Caribbean
Environment Programme, Regional Coordinating Unit
14 - 20 Port Royal Street, Kingston, JAMAICA
Tel: (876) 922 - 9267 Fax: (876) 922 - 9292
uneprcuja@cwjamaica.com
: http://www.cep.unep.org/
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