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Art.9 |
ARTICLE 9 |
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Art.9.1 |
1. The Contracting Parties shall, directly or in collaboration with the relevant international bodies, establish and implement a regional monitoring programme for pollution in the marine and coastal environment of the Northeast Pacific. |
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Art.9.2 |
2. To this end, the Contracting Parties shall designate the authorities responsible for the monitoring of pollution and other forms of environmental deterioration in their respective areas of sovereignty and jurisdiction, in conformity with international law. |
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Art.9.3 |
3. In particular, when transboundary areas are involved, the Contracting Parties shall participate in bilateral and multisectoral projects and missions to assess marine pollution and other forms of environmental deterioration, in conformity with international law. |
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Art.10 |
ARTICLE 10 |
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Art.10.1 |
1. As part of the implementation of their policies and strategies for integrated management and sustainable development of the marine and coastal environment, the Contracting Parties shall incorporate into their economic development projects in marine and coastal areas those environmental criteria that provide sustainability in the use of resources and in the maintenance of the integrity of ecosystems. |
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Art.10.2 |
2. Also as part of these policies, the Contracting Parties shall strive to implement integrated management and bring about sustainable development of the marine and coastal environment. To this end, the Contracting Parties shall endeavour to: |
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Art.10.2.a |
(a) Formulate and implement plans and programmes at appropriate levels for the integrated management and sustainable development of the marine and coastal environment; |
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Art.10.2.b |
(b) Use environmental assessment and systematic observation as preventative and precautionary measures in the planning and implementation of projects; |
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Art.10.2.c |
(c) Encourage the preparation and use of methods of economic assessment of ecosystems and of marine and coastal ecosystems and of environmental goods and services at a national level; |
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Art.10.2.d |
(d) Integrate into a national plan and/or programme of integrated management and sustainable development sectoral plans in relation to coastal human settlements, aquaculture, industry, tourism, fisheries and ports that use or affect the coastal area; |
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Art.10.2.e |
(e) Adopt the use of an ecosystem approach in fisheries management measures; |
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Art.10.2.f |
(f) Promote the use of the best available techniques, including cleaner technologies appropriate to the conditions of the region, taking socio-economic factors into account; |
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Art.10.2.g |
(g) Promote the education, sensitization and participation of civil society and also the development of environmental information programmes regarding the marine and coastal environment; |
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Art.10.2.h |
(h) Establish protected coastal areas with the objective of maintaining biological integrity and diversity; |
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Art.10.2.i |
(i) Identify the habitats of living marine resources that contribute to the food security of coastal people and are of major socio-economic and ecological importance; |
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Art.10.2.j |
(j) Establish mechanisms, where appropriate, within their policies, plans and programmes for the integrated management of coastal areas, to review the problems arising from the assignation of uses and access to resources, from the coastal area, or from uses in which proper management is not observed. |
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Art.10.3 |
3. The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to include an assessment of possible environmental effects when planning any activity that involves the implementation of projects inside their territory that may, especially in coastal areas, cause pollution in the area within the scope of this Convention or cause significant or harmful environmental alterations to it. |
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Art.10.4 |
4. The Contracting Parties shall, in cooperation with the Executive Secretariat, work out methods for disseminating information on the assessment of the activities mentioned in the previous paragraph of this article. |
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Art.10.5 |
5. The Contracting Parties shall adopt appropriate measures to protect and preserve rare or vulnerable ecosystems in the area within the scope of this Convention, as well as the habitats of species with low populations or that are threatened or endangered. To this end, the Contracting Parties shall endeavour to establish protected areas. The establishment of such areas shall not affect the rights of the other Contracting Parties or of third party States. In addition, the Contracting Parties shall exchange information regarding the administration and management of such areas. |
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Art.12 |
ARTICLE 12 |
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Art.12.1 |
1. The Contracting Parties shall cooperate among themselves or through the Executive Secretariat or another competent international organization, where appropriate, in the fields of science and technology related to the marine and coastal environment, and shall exchange data and other scientific information relevant to the purposes of this Convention. To this end, the Contracting Parties shall, among themselves or through the Executive Secretariat or another competent international organization, undertake the following activities: |
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Art.12.1.a |
(a) Encouraging scientific, technological and educational assistance programmes, and those of any other kind, for the protection and sustainable development of marine and coastal areas, and for the prevention, reduction and control of pollution and other forms of environmental deterioration in such areas. This assistance shall comprise, inter alia: |
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Art.12.1.a.i |
(i) The training of scientific and technical staff; |
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Art.12.1.a.ii |
(ii) Participation in relevant international programmes; |
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Art.12.1.a.iii |
(iii) Capacity-building of the Contracting Parties to train teams and adopt those techniques and methods; |
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Art.12.1.a.iv |
(iv) The supply of equipment and installations for research, monitoring and educational and other programmes; |
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Art.12.1.b |
(b) Extending the appropriate assistance to reduce to a minimum the effects of incidents or accidents that may cause pollution and other forms of environmental deterioration in the marine and coastal environment; |
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Art.12.1.c |
(c) Extending the assistance needed for the preparation of programmes related to environmental assessment; and, |
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Art.12.1.d |
(d) Cooperating in the preparation of appropriate assistance programmes for environmental management, including monitoring and supervision of the marine and coastal environment. |
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Art.12.2 |
2. The Contracting Parties, where appropriate, shall encourage and coordinate their national research programmes on all kinds and sources of marine and coastal pollution and other forms of environmental deterioration that exist within the geographical scope of application of this Convention, and shall cooperate in the establishment of regional research programmes and in the supervision and monitoring of marine and coastal area pollution and other forms of environmental deterioration in those areas. |
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Art.15 |
ARTICLE 15 |
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Art.15.1 |
1. The Contracting Parties shall hold ordinary and extraordinary meetings. |
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Art.15.2 |
2. The first meeting of the Contracting Parties shall be convened by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme not later than one year after the entry into force of this Convention. |
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Art.15.3 |
3. Ordinary meetings shall be held every two years, in conjunction with the Intergovernmental Meeting (General Authority) of the Action Plan for the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Northeast Pacific. The Executive Secretariat shall convene such meetings sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. |
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Art.15.4 |
4. Extraordinary meetings shall be convened by the Executive Secretariat at the request of any Contracting Party, provided that within six months of such a request being communicated to the Contracting Parties, it is supported by at least one third of them. The Executive Secretariat may also request the convening of extraordinary meetings, conditional on receiving the unanimous agreement of the Contracting Parties. |
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Art.15.5 |
5. In their first meeting, the Contracting Parties shall adopt the rules of procedure for meetings of the Contracting Parties to the Convention. |
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Art.15.5.a |
(a) Decisions of the Contracting Parties shall be adopted by consensus, except in cases where the rules of procedure for meetings of Contracting Parties establish voting as the form of adopting decisions. |
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Art.15.6 |
6. The meetings of the Contracting Parties shall have the function of keeping under continuous review the implementation of this Convention and its protocols, and in particular: |
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Art.15.6.a |
(a) The extent to which the Contracting Parties implement the provisions of the Convention, the effectiveness of the measures adopted and the need to undertake any additional action that may be required for the achievement of the purposes of this Convention and its protocols, including their institutional and financial aspects; |
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Art.15.6.b |
(b) To assess periodically the status of the environment in the area of application of the Convention; |
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Art.15.6.c |
(c) To revise and amend this Convention; |
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Art.15.6.d |
(d) To consider, adopt, revise and amend the protocols and their annexes; |
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Art.15.6.e |
(e) To establish such working groups as are deemed necessary to review any question related to this Convention, its protocols and annexes; |
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Art.15.6.f |
(f) The undertaking of any other function that may contribute to the achievement of the purposes of this Convention. |
