Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sea: Public Ideas ... - IMO
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Interest-Based Regime Analysis 99<br />
situ<strong>at</strong>ion and serve as evidence of the utility of intern<strong>at</strong>ional co-oper<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
to protect the oceans. Proposals with regard to the control of ocean dumping<br />
are a specific step for which prepar<strong>at</strong>ion should go forward with<br />
urgency.” (A/CONF.48/IWGMP.I/5, p. 13) A global ocean dumping convention<br />
appeared to be within reach in the immedi<strong>at</strong>e future.<br />
The Ottawa Session<br />
The second session of the IWGMP took place in Ottawa on November<br />
8–12, 1971. It was <strong>at</strong>tended by represent<strong>at</strong>ives from 41 st<strong>at</strong>es and represent<strong>at</strong>ives<br />
from the Stockholm secretari<strong>at</strong>, GESAMP, the FAO, UNESCO<br />
and its IOC, the WHO, UNITAR, the WMO, IMCO, and the IAEA. 27 In<br />
general discussion, the IWGMP “reaffirmed the importance of urgent and<br />
effective action against marine pollution, especially by dumping” (“Report<br />
of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Marine Pollution on Its<br />
Second Session,”A/CONF.48/IWGMP.II/5 (November 22, 1971), p. 7)<br />
Although recent progress toward regional institution building was welcomed<br />
by the IWGMP (the Oslo Convention, officially the Convention for<br />
the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft,<br />
had been drafted October 22, 1971), many st<strong>at</strong>es were in agreement th<strong>at</strong><br />
action <strong>at</strong> a global level was necessary in order to link together and complement<br />
regional arrangements. Moreover, several developing countries<br />
thought th<strong>at</strong> the Oslo Convention should not serve as a model for the global<br />
dumping convention. Instead, it was crucial th<strong>at</strong> a convention not have<br />
loopholes th<strong>at</strong> would allow developed countries to dump substances th<strong>at</strong><br />
under no circumstances should be dumped. This point was repe<strong>at</strong>ed during<br />
the final negoti<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>at</strong> the London Conference, particularly by the developing<br />
countries (memo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark, December<br />
6, 1972, p. 3). But a global convention should, on the other hand, not hinder<br />
the industrializ<strong>at</strong>ion of developing countries. Brazil had made this clear<br />
<strong>at</strong> the first session. 28 In addition, some of the smaller Western European<br />
countries, including the Netherlands and Finland, were concerned about<br />
the risk of excessively vague rules of exemption from the lists of substances<br />
banned by a global convention (memo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,<br />
Denmark, December 6, 1972, p. 3). To th<strong>at</strong> end, a drafting group set up on<br />
an open-ended basis produced a number of provisional articles.<br />
Several draft articles took a firmer prohibitory and restrictive stance than<br />
the first U.S. draft convention. 29 Moreover, although not yet specified, a