Bahrain-Iran-Iraq-Kuwait-Oman-Qatar-Saudi Arabia-United Arab Emirates: Agreements from the Kuwait Regional Conference on the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas

^* [Reproduced from the text provided to International Legal Materials the United Nations Environment Programme.

[On the initiative of the States of the Region, the Kuwait Regional nference of Plenipotentiaries on the Protection and Development of the rine Environment and the Coastal Areas was convened by the Executive rector of the U.N. Environment Programme in pursuance of Decision 58 V) of the Governing Council of U.N.E.P. On April 23, 1978, the Conferee adopted the Action Plan, reproduced above, the Kuwait Regional Conntion for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from llution, at I.L.M. page 511, the Protocol concerning Regional Co-operaon in Combatting Pollution by Oil and Other Harmful Substances inCases Emergency, at I.L.M. page 526, and the Resolutions which appear at L.M. page 536.

[On April 24, 1978, the Convention and the Protocol were signed by hrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab lirates.

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