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that provide for compensation for damage resulting from marine pollution, and to
adopt the necessary measures consistent with the Convention, aimed at
implementing and enforcing the rules contained in those agreements;
63. Also encourages States to ratify or accede to the 1996 Protocol to the
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other
Matter, 1972, 30 in order to ensure the timely entry into force of the Protocol;
64. Further encourages States, in accordance with the Convention and other
relevant instruments, either bilaterally or regionally, to jointly develop and promote
contingency plans for responding to pollution incidents, as well as other incidents
that are likely to have significant adverse effects on the marine environment and
biodiversity;
65. Notes the lack of information and data on marine debris, encourages
relevant national and international organizations to undertake further studies on the
extent and nature of the problem, also encourages States to develop partnerships
with industry and civil society to raise awareness of the extent of the impact of
marine debris on the health and productivity of the marine environment and
consequent economic loss;
66. Urges States to integrate the issue of marine debris into national
strategies dealing with waste management in the coastal zone, ports and maritime
industries, including recycling, reuse, reduction and disposal, and to encourage the
development of appropriate economic incentives to address this issue, including the
development of cost recovery systems that provide an incentive to use port reception
facilities and discourage ships from discharging marine debris at sea, and
encourages States to cooperate regionally and subregionally to develop and
implement joint prevention and recovery programmes for marine debris;
67. Invites the International Maritime Organization, in consultation with
relevant organizations and bodies, to review annex V to the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the
Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, and to assess its effectiveness in addressing seabased sources of marine debris;
68. Welcomes the continued work of the International Maritime Organization
relating to port waste reception facilities, and notes the work done to identify
problem areas and to develop an action plan addressing the inadequacy of such
facilities;
69. Calls upon States to take all appropriate measures to control, reduce and
minimize, to the fullest extent possible, marine pollution from land-based sources as
part of their national sustainable development strategies and programmes, in an
integrated and inclusive manner, and to advance the implementation of the Global
Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Landbased Activities 31 and the Montreal Declaration on the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land-based Activities; 32
70. Welcomes the convening in Beijing of the Second Intergovernmental
Review Meeting of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the
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IMO/LC.2/Circ.380.
A/51/116, annex II.
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See A/57/57, annex I.B.
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