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RESOLUTION A.232(VII) adopted on 12 October 1971 AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL, 1954

(AS AMENDED IN 1969), CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

lt.JTER-GOVERN MENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION

JJis-tr. GENER.AL f ·p·-;-, /r'"' ?-:2; ')

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2 November 1971 Qrj_gi:na1~ ENGLISH

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ASSEMBLY - 7th session Agenda item 9

Ali/JENDTJIE~TTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE ppy:VEl\J'liION OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY 0IL9 1Y54 (AS AMENDirn IN 1969) , CONCERNING TffE PROTECTION

OF TH.i~ GR8AT BARRIER REEF

RESOLUTION A.232(V~I)

adopted on 12 October 1971

THE ASSEMBLY,

NOTING Article 16(i) of th~ Convention on the Inter Governmental Maritime Consultative Organizationp concernj_ng the

fw-Jctions of the Assembly,

RECOGNIZING the Great Barrier Reef, wh.1ch consists of a continuous chain of cays and live coral reefs 8Xtending for a distance of some 1250 miles from latitude 9° South to latitude 24° South and up to 145 nautical miles from the Australian coastj as an area of unique scientific importance and of extraordinary int:;rnat5onal significance, particularly in the

field of touri~m,

NOTING the deep concern expressed by the Government of Australia that the Great Barrier Reef should be maintained and preserveu in its natural state free from pollution in any form particularly that caused by discharges from ships of oil or oily mixtures even in limited quantitiessi



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RECALLING the definition of the term "from the nearest landn as set out in Annex A(l) of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, and restated in the amended text of Article I of the Convention as adopted by the Assembly in Resolution A.175(VI) on 21 October 1969,

NOTING FURTHER that Article XVI of the International Convention for th8 Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, provides for procedures for amendment involving participation by the Organization,

HAVING CONSIDERED the particular amendments to the International Convention for the Preve~tion of Pollu·cion of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended in 1969 by Resolution A.175(VI), forming the subject of a recommendation by the Maritime Safety Committee at its twenty-third session in accordance with Article XVI of that Convention with a view to protecting the area lmown as the Great Barrier Reef frcm the effects of pollution by oil,

ADOPTS the following amendments ~o the Articles of the Convention (as amended in 1969), the texts of which are at Annex to this Resolution:

(a) the replacement of the definition of "nearest landn in Article I by a new definition;

(b) the replacement of ~ub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph {a) of Article IiI by a new sub-paragraph,

REQUESTS the Secretary-Gene1"al of the Organization, in conformity with Article XVI(2)(a), to communrcate certified copies of this Resolution to all Contracting Governments to the International Conventi,on for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, together with copies to all Members of the Organization,



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INVITES all governments concerned to accept the Amendment at the earliest possible date after formal entry into force of the Amendments to the Convention adopted on 21 October 1969 by Resolution Aal75(VI),

INVITES FURTHER governments which have implemented, on a national basis, the Amendments to the Convention adopted by the Assembly on 21 October 1969 to give effect also to the attached provisions for the protection of the Great Barrier ~eef,

ANNEX

AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL, 195Li.

(as amended in 1969)

ARTICLE I

The existing text of the definition of "Nearest Landu in Article I is replaced by the following:

"Nearest land", The term "from the nearest land" means from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the territory in question is established in accordance with t;1e Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958, except that, for the purposes of this Convention llfroni the nearest land" off the north eastern c..:,as-c of Australia shall mean from a line draw-D from a poi~t on the coast of Australia in latitude 11° South, longitude 142°081 East to a point in latitude 10°351 South, longitude 141°551 East -

thence to a point latitude 10°oor South, longitude 142°oor East

tcence to a point latitude 9°101 South, longitude 143°521 East

thence to a point latitude 9°001 South, longitude 144°30' East



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thence to a point latitude 13°001 South~ longitude 144°001 East

thence to a point latitude 15°001 South, longitude lL1.6°oo' East

thence to a point latitude 18°00' South, longitude 147°00' East.

thence tv a point latitude 21°001 South, longitude 153°001 East

thence tc a point on the coast of Australia in latitude 24°421 South, longitude 153°15' East.

ARTICLE III

The existing text of sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of Article III is replaced by the following:

(iv) the discharge is made as far as practicable from the nearest land.



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