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GLOBAL ACTORS (who does what) ••>

GLOBAL POLITICAL COMMITMENTS: INITIATIVES, DECLARATIONS, ACTION PLANS, PROGRAMMES

Agenda 21. World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD 2002). ••>

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). ••>

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). ••>

Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). ••>

MARPOL 73/78: International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Shipping. ••>

Intervention Convention: Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties. ••>

London Convention: Covention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter. ••>

International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds), 1971 and 1992. ••>

Civil Liability Convention: International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC). ••>

International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage. ••>

OPRC: International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation. ••>

SOLAS: International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. ••>