Review article
The 1992 UN Conference on environment and development and the Mediterranean : The 1995 Amendments of the Barcelona Convention and its related protocols
Maja Seršić
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The development of the regional regime for the protection of the Mediterraneanwas initiated in 1975 when the Mediterranean coastal states under the auspices of the UN Environment Programme adopted the Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Mediterranean Basin (MAP). Whereas the MAP is oriented towards comprehensive search for the protection and development of the whole Mediterranean Basin, the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea againt Pollution (Barcelona Convention) and its related protocols, which form the legal component of the MAP, focuse on the controlling of the pollution of the Mediterranean Sea. The MAP and its legal component constitute separate but interrelated entities. The MAP reflects the overall regime and the Barcelona Convention and its related protocols are only one of its four components. The MAP is a declaratory instrument and the Barcelona Convention, which acts as an ''umbrella'' for the various sectoral protocols, does not represent the legal basis for the whole regional cooperation envisaged in the MAP.
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Keywords
UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992); Mediterranean; Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention)(1976); Barcelona Convention-Protocols (1995); marine pollution; Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Mediterranean Basin (MAP)
Hrčak ID:
201772
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Publication date:
20.12.1995.
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