persga 1982 formation documents

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PERSGAThe Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden

1982 Historic Documents

See http://www.persga.org/ for current activity

GEMS Reference Material: PERSGA GEMS

1. Jeddah Convention 1-20 1

2. Action Plan 1-16 21

3. Final Act 1-12 37

4. Combating Pollution from Emergency Spills 1-12 49

5. Protocol - Diversity & Protected Areas 1-24 61

6. Protocol - Protection from Land Based Activities 1-1 85

7. Cairo Deceleration - Regional Organization Formation 1-3 86

ISSUE DATE: December 29, 2011

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The Regional Convention for the Conservation ofthe Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment

(1982)

The Governments of:The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Republi of the Sudan, The

Demorati Republi of Somalia, Palestine represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization,

The Republi of Yemen.

Realizingthat pollution of the marine environment in the waters of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

by oil and other harmful or noxious materials arising from human ativities on land or at sea, especc

ially through indisriminate and unontrolled disharge of these substanes, presents a growingthreat to marine life, sheries, human health, recreational uses of beaches and other amenities.

Mindfulof the speial hydrographi and eologial harateristis of the marine environment of

the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and the partiular vulnerability of its oral reefs where most biota

exist.

Conscious of the need to ensure that the proesses of urban and rural development and resulcc

tant land use should be arried out in suh a manner as to preserve, as far as possible, marine

resoures and oastal amenities, and that suh developments should not lead to deterioration of

the marine environment.

Convincedof the need to ensure that the proesses of industrial development should not, in any

way, ause damage to the marine environment, jeopardize its living resoures or reate hazards

to human health.

Recognizingthe need to develop an integrated management approah to the use of the marine envicc

ronment and the oastal areas whih will allow the ahievement of environmental and developmentc

al goals in a harmonious manner.

Recognizingalso the need for a arefully planned researh, monitoring and assessment programme

in view of the scarcity of scientic information on marine pollution in the region.

Consideringthat the States of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have a speial responsibility to protet

their marine environment.

Aware of the importane of ocoperation and oordination of ation on a regional basis with the

aim of protecting the marine environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for the benet of all

onerned, inluding future generations.



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Jeddah Convention 1982

Bearingin mind the existing international onventions relevant to the present Convention.

Aimingto full the objectives of the Charter of the League of Arab States, and the Charter and

Constitution of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientic Organization.

Have agreed as follows:

Article I: Denitions

For the purposes of this Convention and its Protools, the following terms and expressions have

the meanings indiated below, exept when otherwise inferred from the text:

1.Conservation of the marine environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden: Rational use byman of living and non-living marine and coastal resources in a manner ensuring optimum benet

for the present generation while maintaining the potential of that environment to satisfy the needsand aspirations of future generations. Such a denition of the term conservation should be con-c

strued as inluding onservation protetion, maintenane, sustainable and renewable utilization, and

enhanement of the environment.

2.Sea Area: Sea Area as dened in article II of this Convention.3.Marine pollution: Introdution by man, diretly or indiretly, of substanes or energy intothe marine environment whih results or is likely to result in suh deleterious effets as harm to

living resources, hazards to human health, or hindrance to marine activities including shing, impairment

of quality for use of sea water and redution of amenities.

4.Ships and aircraft: Any waterborne or airborne or amphibious raft of any type whatsoevccer, including hydrofoil boats, air cushion vehicles submersibles, oating craft whether self-propelled

or not, and xed or oating platforms and any other structure.

5.Oil: Petroleum in any form including crude oil, fuel oil, sludge, rened oil, gases and other oilproduts, whose introdution might impair the marine environment.

6.Harmful substance: Any substane whose introdution or presene in the marine environccment auses a danger threatening or impairing that environment.

7.National Authority: The authority designated by eah Contrating Party as responsible for theoordination of national efforts for implementing this Convention and its protools.

8.ALECSO: The Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientic Organization.9.Organization: The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf ofAden Environment established in aordane with artile XVI of this Convention.



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10.Council:The Counil established in aordane with ar tile XVI of this Convention.11.General Secretariat: The organ of the Organization established in aordane with artileXVI of this Convention.

12.Action Plan:The Ation Plan for the Conservation of the Marine Environment and CoastalAreas of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Artile II: Geographial Coverage

The present Convention shall apply to the entire sea area, taking into aount integrated eosystems

of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Suez, Suez Canal to its end on the Mediterranean, and the Gulf

of Aden as bounded by the following rhumb lines:

1. From Ras Dharbat Ali (lat. 1639 N, long. 5303.5 E), thene to a point (lat. 1600 N, long.5325 E), thene to a point (lat. 1240 N, long. 5500 E) lying E.N.E. of Sootra Island, thene to

Ras Hafun (lat. 1026 N, long. 5125 E).

2. Any Contrating Party may request the Organization to inlude areas within that Partys national

jurisdition and lying adjaent to those desribed in paragraph 1 above within the area of appliation of

this Convention or for the purposes of ativities resulting therefrom.

3. The geographial overage does not inlude internal waters of the Contrating Parties unless othercc

wise stated in this Convention or any of its protools.

Artile III: General Obligations

1. The Contrating Parties shall, individually or jointly, take all appropriate measures, in aordane with

the present Convention and those protools in fore to whih they are party, for the onservation

of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden environment inluding the prevention, abatement and ombating of

marine pollution.

2. In addition to the Protool onerning Regional Cocoperation in Combating Pollution by Oil

and other Harmful Substanes in Cases of Emergeny, the Contrating Parties shall ocoperate

in the formulation and adoption of other protools presribing agreed measures, proedures and

standards for the implementation of this Convention.

3. The Contrating Parties shall establish national standards, laws and regulations as required for theeffetive disharge of the obligation presribed in paragraph 1 of this artile, and shall endeavour to

harmonize their national poliies in this regard and for this purpose appoint the National Authority.

4. The Contrating Parties shall ocoperate with the ompetent international, regional and subcregional

organizations to establish and adopt regional standards, reommended praties and proedures for

the onservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden environment, inluding the prevention, abatement



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and ombating of pollution from all soures in onformity with the objetives of the present Convencc

tion, and to assist each other in fullling their obligations under the present Convention.

5. The Contrating Parties shall use their best endeavour to ensure that the implementation of the

present Convention shall not ause transformation of one type or form of pollution to another whih

ould be more detrimental to the environment.

Artile IV: Pollution from Ships

The Contrating Parties shall take all appropriate measures in onformity with the present Convention and

with generally reognized international rules to prevent, abate and ombat pollution in the Sea Area aused

by intentional or aidental disharges from ships and shall ensure effetive ompliane in the Sea Area with

generally reognized international rules relating to the ontrol of this type of pollution inluding loadconctop,

segregated ballast and rude oil washing proedures for tankers.

Artile V: Pollution Caused by Dumping from Ships and Airraft

The Contrating Parties shall take all appropriate measures to prevent, abate and ombat pollution in

the Sea Area aused by dumping of wastes and other matter from ships and airraft, and shall ensure

effetive ompliane in the Sea Area with generally reognized international rules relating to the ontrol

of this type of pollution as provided for in relevant international onventions.

Artile VI: Pollution from LandcBased Soures

The Contrating Parties shall take all appropriate measures to prevent, abate and ombat pollution aused

by disharges from land reahing internal waters and the Sea Area whether watercborne, airborne or diretly

from the oast inluding outfalls and pipelines.

Artile VII: Pollution Resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of

the Bed of the Territorial Sea, the Continental Shelf and the SubcSoil


the Sea Area resulting from exploration and exploitation of the bed of the territorial sea, the ontinencc

tal shelf and the subcsoil thereof, inluding the prevention of aidents and the ombating of pollution

emergenies resulting in damage to the marine environment.

Artile VIII: Pollution from Other Human Ativities


the Sea Area resulting from land relamation (and assoiated sution dredging and oastal dredging) or

resulting from estuarine or river dredging or from other human ativities.



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Artile IX: Cocoperation in Dealing with Pollution Emergenies

1. The Contrating Parties shall, individually or jointly, take all neessary measures, inluding those to

ensure that adequate equipment and qualied personnel are readily available, to deal with pollutionemergenies in the Sea Area, whatever the ause of suh emergenies, and to redue or eliminate

damage resulting therefrom.

2. Any Contrating Party whih beomes aware of any pollution emergeny in the Sea Area shall

without delay, notify the Organization, and through the General Seretariat, any Contrating Party

likely to be affeted by suh an emergeny.

3. The Contrating Parties shall ocordinate their national plans for ombating pollution in the marine

environment by oil and other harmful substanes in a manner that failitates full ocoperation in dealing

with pollution emergenies.

Article X: Scientic and Technological Co-operation

1. The Contrating Parties shall ocoperate diretly, or through ompetent international and regional

organizations, in the elds of scientic research, monitoring, assessment and combating of pollution in

the Sea Area, and shall exchange data as well as other scientic information for the purpose of the

present Convention, its protools and ation plans.

2. The Contrating Parties shall ocoperate further to develop and ocordinate national monitoring

and researh programmes onerning all types of pollution and pollution ombating, as well as

studies and researh on the marine environment. They shall ocoperate further to develop andocordinate neessary supporting programmes, suh as marinec meteorology programmes, and

to establish, in ooperation with ompetent regional or international organizations, a regional network

of suh programmes to ensure ompatible results. For this purpose, eah Contrating Party shall

designate the National Authority responsible for environmental researh and monitoring and for

marine meteorologial monitoring within the areas under its national jurisdition.

3. The Organization and ALECSO shall ooperate in matters of ommon interest for the purpose

of mutual ocordination and exhange of tehnial assistane, information and douments.

Artile XI: Assessment and Management of the Environment

1. Eah Contrating Party shall give due onsideration to marine environmental effets when planning

or exeuting projets, inluding an assessment of potential environmental effets, partiularly in

the oastal areas.

2. The Contrating Parties may, in onsultation with the General Seretariat, develop proedures

for dissemination of information on the assessment of the ativities referred to in paragraph 1 of

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3. The Contrating Parties undertake to develop, individually or jointly environmental standards,

both technical and other guidelines in accordance with standard scientic practice to assist the

planning and exeution of their projets in suh a way as to minimize their harmful impat on the

marine environment. In this regard international standards may be used where appropriate.

Artile XII: Tehnial and Other Assistane

The Contrating Parties shall ocoperate, diretly or through ompetent regional or international

organizations, in the development of programmes of technical and other assistance, in elds relating to

the marine environment and its onservation in oordination with the Organization.

Artile XIII: Liability and Compensation

The Contrating Parties undertake to ocoperate in the formulation and adoption of appropriate

rules and proedures for the determination of:

1. Civil liability and ompensation for damage resulting from pollution of the marine environment

bearing in mind appliable international rules and proedures relating to those matters; and

2. Liability and ompensation for damage resulting from violation of obligations under the present

Convention and its protools.

Artile XIV: Sovereign Immunity

1. Warships and other ships owned or operated by a State, and used only on government noncommerial

servie, shall be exempted from the appliation of the provisions of the present Convention.

2. Subjet to paragraph 1 above, eah Contrating Party shall, as far as possible, ensure that its

warships or other ships owned or operated by that Party, and used only on government noncommerial

servie, shall omply with the provisions of the present Convention.

Artile XV: Dislaimer

Nothing in the present Convention shall prejudie or affet the rights or laims of any ContratingParty with regard to the nature or extent of its maritime jurisdition whih may be established in

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Artile XVI: Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Red

Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment

1. A Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment,

the permanent headquarters of whih shall be loated in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is hereby established.

2. The Organization shall onsist of the following organs:

A Counil omprised of a representative of eah Contrating Party;

A General Seretariat;

A Committee for the Settlement of Disputes whose omposition, terms of referene

and rules of proedure shall be deided by the Counil.

3. The Organization shall enjoy, in the territory of each Contracting Party, all legal qualications

neessary for the disharge of its duties and the performane of all ativities onerned with theahievement of its aims.

Artile XVII: The Counil

Membership of the Counil shall be made up of the Contrating Parties, eah Concc

trating Party having one vote in the meetings of the Counil.

Meetings of the Counil shall be attended by the Diretor General of ALECSO or his

delegate.

2. The Counil shall hold one ordinary meeting every year, and may hold extraordinary meetings

in aordane with its rules of proedure. Meetings shall be onvened at the headquarters of the

Organization or at any plae as presribed by its internal regulations or by the Counil. The Chairmanship

of the Counil shall be given to eah Contrating Party, in turn, in the Arabi alphabetial order

starting with the Depositary State. The term of ofce of the Chairman shall be one year.

3. Two thirds of the Counil membership shall onstitute a quorum for its meetings.

4. The voting proedure in the Counil shall be as follows:

Deisions on important matters shall be taken by a unanimous vote of the Contrating

Parties present and voting;

Deisions on proedural matters shall be taken by a twocthirds majority vote of the

Contrating Parties present and voting.

(a)

(b)

()

1. (a)

(b)

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Artile XVIII: Duties and Funtions of the Counil

The Counil shall have the duties and funtions neessary to ahieve the objetives of this Convention

and its protools, and in partiular:

To adopt its internal regulations.To keep under review the implementation of the Convention and its protools, andthe ation plan adopted for the ahievement of the purposes of this Convention andits protools.To make reommendations regarding the ad option of any additional protools or any amendccments to the Convention or to its protools.To adopt, review and amend, as required, the annexes to this Convention and to its procctools.To adopt and onlude agreements with States or with organizations with similar purccposes or interests within the aims of this Convention and for the ahievement of itspurposes and whih the Counil deems neessary for the disharge of its duties.To review and evaluate the state of the marine environment and oastal areas on thebasis of reports provided by the Contrating Parties, or by the international organizacctions onerned.To establish subsidiary bodies and ad ho working groups, as required, to onsider anymatters related to this Convention and its protools or related to the annexes of this

Convention and its protools or related to the ation plan.

To onsider reports submitted by the Contrating Parties and reports prepared by the

General Seretariat on questions relating to the Convention and to matters relevant to

the administration of the Organization and to deide upon them;

To endeavour to settle any differenes or disputes between the Contrating Parties

as to the interpretation or implementation of this Convention or its protools or ancc

nexes;To appoint the Seretary General;

To adopt and issue its rules of procedure, administrative and nancial regulations guid-c

ed by the onstitution and regulations of ALECSO. The Counil may adopt or amend

any other regulations neessary for the disharge of its duties;

To adopt the nancial rules which determine, in particular, the contributions of the

Contrating Parties;

To adopt the nancial budget of the Organization;

To adopt the projets and budgets for the Organization ativities;

To approve a report on the work and ativities of the Organization to be submitted for

information to the ALECSO General Conferene;

To dene and develop relations between the Organization and Arab organizations or

bodies;To perform any additional funtions neessary for the ahievement of the purposes

of this Convention and its protools or whih the Counil deems neessary for the discc

harge of its duties.

(a)

(b)

()

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(l)

(m)

(n)

(o)

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Artile XIX: The General Seretariat

1. The Seretary General shall head the General Seretariat and perform the funtions neessary

for the management of the Convention and its protools, annexes, the ation plan and the workof the General Seretariat;

2. The General Seretariat shall have the duties and powers neessary to ahieve the purposes

of this Convention and its protools and to exeute the ation plan, aording to deisions of the

Counil, and in partiular:

To prepare for and onvene the meetings of the Counil and its subsidiary bodies and

ad ho working groups.

To transmit to the Contracting Parties notications, reports and other information re-c

eived.

To onsider inquiries by, and information from, the Contrating Parties and to onsult

with them on questions relating to this Convention and its protools, annexes and the

ation plan.

To prepare and submit reports on matters relating to this Convention, its protools,

annexes and the ation plan or relating to the administration of the Organization

To establish, maintain and disseminate an upctocdate olletion of national laws oncc

erning the onservation of the marine environment of all Contrating Parties.

To provide tehnial assistane and advie for the drafting of appropriate national legiscc

lation for the effetive implementation of this Convention and its protools.

To organize and ocordinate training programmes in areas related to the implementacc

tion of this Convention, its protools and the ation plan.

To perform suh other funtions as may be assigned to it by the Counil for the implecc

mentation of this Convention, its protools and the ation plan.

Artile XX: Budget and Finanial Resoures of the Organization

1. The Organization shall have its own budget.

2. The nancial resources of the Organization shall consist of:

(a) Contributions by the Contrating Parties.

(b) ALECSO ontribution.

() Other ontributions aepted by the Counil.

3. Reports on the budget of the Organization shall be transmitted to the ALECSO General Conferene

for information.

(a)

()

(b)

(d)

(e)

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Artile XXI: Adoption and Amendments of the Convention andits Protools

The Counil, or any Contrating Party may propose amendments to this Convention, its protoolsor annexes. Amendments of importane shall be adopted by a unanimous vote of the Contrating

Parties. Other amendments shall be adopted by a twocthirds majority. Any matter is onsidered

important if so requested by one Contrating Party. Amendments shall enter into fore when

adopted by the Contrating Parties in aordane with artiles XXVI and XXVII of this

Convention.

Artile XXII: Reports

Eah Contrating Party shall submit to the General Seretariat reports on measures taken for the

implementation of this Convention and its protools, in suh form and at suh intervals as may be

determined by the Counil.

Artile XXIII: Compliane Control

The Contrating Parties shall ocoperate in the development and implementation of proeduresfor the effetive appliation of the Convention and its protools, inluding detetion of violations,using all appropriate and pratiable measures of detetion and environmental monitoring, inludingadequate proedures for reporting and aumulation of evidene.

Artile XXIV: Settlement of Disputes1. In ase of a dispute as to the interpretation or appliation of this Convention, its protools or

its annexes, the Contrating Parties onerned shall seek a settlement of the dispute through

amiable means.

2. If the Contrating Parties onerned annot settle the dispute, the matter shall be referred to

the Counil for its onsideration.

3. If the Counil does not reah a settlement of the dispute, it shall be submitted to the Committee

for the Settlement of Disputes referred to in paragraph 2() of artile XVI of this Convention.

Artile XXV: Signature

The present Convention together with the attahed Protool shall be open for signature in Jeddah

by Governments of the States of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden invited to the Jeddah Regional Concc

ferene of Plenipotentiaries on the Conservation of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas in

the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden onvened from 19 to 21 Rabie Althani A.H. 1402, orresponding to

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Article XXVI: Ratication, Acceptance, Approval or Accession

1. The present Convention together with the attached Protocol shall be subject to ratication,

aeptane, approval or aession by the States referred to in artile XXV of this Convention. AnyContracting Party which has ratied, accepted, approved or acceded to the present Convention

shall be considered as having ratied, accepted, approved or acceded to the attached Protocol.

2. Any State member of the Arab League has the right to aede to the present Convention and

its protools.

Artile XXVII: Entry into Fore

1. The present Convention and the attahed Protool shall enter into fore on the ninetieth dayfollowing the date of deposit of at least four instruments of ratication, acceptance or approval of,

or aession to, the Convention.

2. Any other protool to this Convention, exept as otherwise provided in suh protool, shallenter into fore on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of at least four instruments ofratication acceptance or approval of, or accession to such protocol.

3. This Convention or any suh protool shall enter into fore with respet to any ContratingParty on the thir tieth day following the date of deposit by that Contrating Party of its instrumentof ratication, acceptance, approval or accession.

Artile XXVIII: Withdrawal

1. At any time after ve years from the date of entry into force of this Convention, any Contracting Party may

withdraw from this Convention by giving written notication of withdrawal to the Depositary.

2. Exept as may be otherwise provided in any other protool to this Convention, any Contrating

Party may, at any time after ve years from the date of entry into force of such protocol, withdraw

from such protocol by giving written notication of withdrawal to the Depositary.

3. Withdrawal shall take effect twelve months after the date on which notication of withdrawal

is reeived by the Depositary.

4. Any Contrating Party whih withdraws from the Convention shall be onsidered as also havingwithdrawn from any protool to whih it was a party.

5. Any Contrating Party whih withdraws from the Protool onerning Regional Cocoperation

in Combating Pollution by Oil and other Harmful Substanes in Cases of Emergeny shall be

onsidered as also having withdrawn from this Convention.



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Artile XXIX: Responsibilities of the Depositary

1. The Depositary shall receive instruments of ratication of this Convention and its protocols.

2. The Depositary shall call the rst meeting of the Council when this Convention enters into

force after ratication by four Contracting Parties.

3. After the rst meeting of the Council the General Secretariat shall assume all technical and

administrative responsibilities and duties. The original of this Convention, of any protool thereto,

of any annex to the Convention or to a protool, or of any amendment to this Convention, to a

protool or to an annex of the Convention or of a protool shall be deposited with the Depositary,

the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which shall send cer tied copies thereof to the

Contracting Parties and shall also deposit certied copies of the Convention, its protocols and

annexes with the General Seretariat of the League of Arab States in aordane with artile 17

ofthe Arab League Charter and with the SeretarycGeneral of the United Nations in aordane

with Artile 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.



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In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized by their respetive

Governments, have signed the present Convention.

For the Government of:

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

The Republi of the Sudan,

The Demorati Republi of Somalia

Palestine

The Republi of Yemen

Done atthe ity of Jeddah on Saturday 20 Rabie Althani 1426 (H) orresponding to 14 February

2005.

Date of ratication of the Convention by Member States

State Date of Application Focal Point

Djibouti 2c3c1998Ministere de LEnvironment du Tourisme et

de LArtisanat

Egypt 31c5c1990Counil of Ministers, Environmental Affairs

Ageny, Cairo

Jordan 7c9c1988Ministry of Muniipalities and Rural Affairs,

Division of Environment

Saudi Arabia 22c5c1985Meteorology and Environmental Protetion

Administration, Jeddah

Somalia 1c3c1988Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Transportacc

tion, Mogadishu

Sudan 5c6c1984 National Counil for Researh, Khartoum

Yemen 29c5c1982University of Sanaa, Sanaa

Entry into fore: 20 August 1985.



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The Action Plan fo the Consevation of the Marrine Envionment and Coastal Aeas in the Red Sea

and Gulf of Aden(1982)

Intoduction

1. The consevation of the maine envionment and coastal aeas of the Red Sea and Gulf ofAden for the benet of the present and future generations will be the main objetive of the Ation

Plan whih sets forth a framework for an environmentally sound and omprehensive approah to

oastal area development.

2. Reognizing the variety of problems and the numerous ongoing ativities, the Ation Plan has

been based upon:

The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment Programme initiated by the Arab League Educr

ational, Cultural and Sienti Organization (ALECSO) following the preparatory meeting

organised by UNESCO at the request of ALECSO and held at Bremerhaven, FRG, 22c23rd

Otober 1974 whih inluded besides UNESCO, experts from speialised institutes in

FRG, U.S.A, U.K, Frane, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Working papers and resolutions of the Jeddah First Expert Meeting, 25 Nov c 1 De. 1974,

organized by ALECSO .

The Plan of Ation for 1975 resulting from the Jeddah First Exper t Meeting, and the ontricr

butions and assistane from ALECSO, UNEP, IUCN, UNESCO (Marine Siene Division)

and IMCO.

Working papers, reports, resolutions and reommendations of the Jeddah II Conferene

held by ALECSO in Jeddah,12c18 January 1978.

The Jeddah 1976 Delaration.

Final At of the Kuwait Regional Conferene of Plenipotentiaries on the Protetion and Developcr

ment of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas, Kuwait 15c23 April,1978.

2.1

2.2

2.3

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The Action Plan r1982

Working papers and reommendations of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Coordination

Board and Direting Board (formed by ALECSO) at their suessive meetings in Cairo (5c

11 Nov.1975), Amman (30 Aug.c 5 Sep.1976), Sanaa (12c17 Feb.1977), Mogadishu (24c29

Sept.1977) and Khartoum (23c28 De.1978).

The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Expert Meeting organized by ALECSO Tunis (10c13

Feb.1980) to review the Programme poliy.

The Draft Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment

and the Draft Protool Conerning Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution by Oil

and other Harmful Substanes in Cases of Emergeny,as prepared by the Red Sea and Gulf

of Aden Legal and Environmental Expert Meeting held in Jeddah (10c14 Jan.1981).

3. The Ation Plan aims to ahieve the following:

Assessment of the state of the environment inluding soioceonomi development acrtivities related to environmental quality and of the needs of the Region in order to assist

Governments to ope properly with environmental problems partiularly those onerning

the maine envionment.

Development of guidelines for the management of those ativities whih have an impat

on environmental quality or on the protetion and use of renewable marine resoures on

a sustainable basis.

Development of legal instruments providing the legal basis for ocoperative efforts to

protet and develop the Region on a sustainable basis.

Supporting measures inluding national and regional institutional mehanisms and strucr

tures needed for the suessful implementation of the Ation Plan.

4. For this doument the Region inludes the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Gulf of Suez, the

Suez Canal to its onnetion with the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden as bounded by the

following rhumbclines:

From Ras Dharbat Ali (Lat.16 39N, Long.53 03.5E).

thene to a point (Lat.16 001 N, Long.53 25E).

thene to a point (Lat.12 40N, Long.55 00E) lying E.N.E.

of Sootra Island, thene to Ras Hafun (Lat. 10 26N, Long. 51 25E).

Other areas, adjaent to those desribed in item (1) above and lying within the national jurisdicr

tion of a Contrating Party may upon request made to the Qrganization established purcr

suant to Artile XVI of the Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and

Gulf of Aden Environment be subjeted to the appliation of the Convention or ativities

resulting therefrom.

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2.8

2.9

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3.2

3.3

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The Region does not inlude internal waters of the Contrating Parties unless otherwise

stated in the Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Encr

vironment or any of its protools.

The oastal area to be overed by the Ation Plan will be identied by the relevant Govcr

ernments of the Region on an adho basis depending on the type of ativities to be arried

out within the framework of the Ation Plan. Nevertheless,oastal areas belonging to the

Contrating Parties whih are not overed by the Ation Plan should not be a soure of

pollution.

5. All omponents of the Ation Plan are interdependant and provide a framework for omprehensive

ationto ontribute to both the protetion and the ontinued development of the eocregion.

No omponent will be an end in itself.

Eah ativity is intended to assist the Governments of the Region to improve the quality of the

information on whih environmental management poliies are based.

6. The onservation of the marine environment and oastal areas is onsidered as the axis of the

Ation Plan; and it is intended that measures for marine and oastal environmental protetion

and development should lead to the promotion of human health and wellcbeing as the ultimate

goal of the Ation Plan.

7. The Ation Plan is intended to meet the environmental needs and to enhane the environmental

apabilities of the Region and is aimed primarily toward implementation through oordinated

national and regional ativities. To ahieve this goal, an intensive training programme should be

formulated in the early phases of the implementation of the Ation Plan.

8. A general desription of the various omponents of the Ation Plan is given in the following

paragraphs.

1 r Envionmental Assessment

9. Environmental assessment is one of the basi ativities whih will underlie and failitate the

implementation of the other omponenets of the Ation plan.

10. The identiation of the present quality of the marine environment and the fators urrently

inuening its quality and having an impat on human health will be given priority together withan assessment of expeted developments.

11. Although some basi data on the marine environment has been olleted by some institucrtions in the Region, muh remains to be done in the Region as a whole. Therefore, a oordinatedbasi and applied regional marine sienes programme inluding a marine meteorologial procrgramme will be formulated as basis for the protetion of the marine environment of the Region. Informulating the operational details of these programmes,planned and ongoing national

and regional programmes will be taken into aount.

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12. The following programmes are reognized as omponents of the ocordinated regional environmental

assessment programme:

Survey of national apabilities of the Region in the eld of marine sienes inluding macr

rine meteorology overing:

Sienti and administrative institutions.

Infomation centes and data souces.

Researh failities and equipment.

Manpower.

Existing environmental laws and regulations.

Ongoing and planned ativities.

Publications.

Assessment of geologial and geophysial proesses suh as sedimentation ontributing

to, or modifying, the fate of pollutants in the Region, and their impat on human health, marineeosystems and human ativities,as well as effets of oastal and deep sea engineering and

mining .

Assessment of the origin and magnitude of oil pollution in the Region omprising basec

line studies on the soures of oil pollution and the transport and distribution of oil and

petroleum hydroarbon pollution.

Assessment of the magnitude of pollutants affeting human health and marine eosystems

of the Region onsisting of:

survey of landcbased soures of industrial and muniipal wastes disharged diretly orindiretly into the sea or reahing it through the atmosphere.

studies on the impat of industrial and muniipal wastes on human health inluding

mirocorganisms.

researh on effets of pollutants and other human ativities,suh as dredging and land recr

lamation on important marine speies,ommunities and eosystems.

basecline studies and monitoring of the levels of seleted pollutants, in partiular heavy

metals, in marine organisms.

Assessment of fators relevant to the eology of the Region and to the exploitation of its

living resoures inluding:

survey of environmental parameters of the oasts of the Region, inluding oral over,faunal distribution,weather onditions and ommunity habitations and dissemination of

data collected.

biology of oral reefs and marine speies espeially those of ommerial importane

suh as sheries inluding rustaeans, molluss and their stok assessment and the

biology of other marine organisms threatened by extintion

plankton produtivity and distribution.

12.1

12.2

12.3

12.4

(a)(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

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13. The programmes listed in paragraph 12 are interdisiplinary and interrelated in nature. Therefore,

while preparing the operational details of eah programme, due attention should be paid to their

lose oordination in order to avoid dupliation.

14. The priorities to be assigned to the ativities listed in paragraph 12 will be determined by the

Governments of the Region taking into aount the present level of development in the Region

and the pressing need to provide reliable and omparable data on whih sound management

decisions can est.

15. The agreed programmes will be exeuted, primarily, through existing national institutions

within the framework of regional ooperation keeping in mind that for some projets a training

programme should be formulated. The assistane of experts from outside the Region might be

required in the initial phases of some projets but giving priority to loal experts.

16. Operational details of eah programme will be developed primarily by experts nominated by

the Governments of the Region. The exeution of approved programme shall not begin exeptafter due adoption by Governments of douments ontaining operational details and nomination

of national institutions partiipating in implementation.

11 c Environmental Management

17. Continuous soioceonomi development an be ahieved on a sustainable basis if environmental

onsiderations are taken into aount. To assist the Governments of the Region in the development

of appropriate poliies and strategies for onservation of the marine environment of the Red Sea

and the Gulf of Aden, the Ation Plan should aim to arry out the following preparatory ativities:

Preparation and updating of a diretory of Governmentcdesignated institutions available

in the Region and ative in elds related to the environmental management omponents

of the Action Plan.

Assessment of present and future development ativities and their major environmental

impat in order to evaluate the degree of their inuene on the environment and to nd

appropriate measures to either eliminate or redue any damaging effets whih they may

have.

Identiation of the most relevant ongoing national, regional or internationally supported

development projets whih have beneial environmental effets suh as various FAOprojets for sheries development or environmental health ativities and projets sponcr

sored by WHO or by UNIDO assistane programmes on the treatment of industrial

wastes. The most signiant of these projets should be strengthened and expanded to

serve as demonstration and training sites on a regional basis.

18. Furthermore in view of the priorities and needs of the Region, the following ooperative

programmes relevant to the management of regional environmental problems stemming from

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national development ativities will be undertaken:

Rational exploitation and management of marine living resoures on a sustainable basis.

The establishment of aquati and land proteted areas suh as marine proteted areas

e.g., oral reef proteted areas, wetlands, marine parks and other proteted areas

Assistane in development and intercoordination of national apabilities in siene and

engineering knowledge needed for regional environmental protetion

Strengthening the national publi health servies and their oordinations wherever transc

boundary interests require it

Coordination of national water management poliies inluding ommunity water supply

and water quality ontrol, whenever they may have impat on the marine environment of

the Region

Development of priniples and guidelines for oastal area development and management

through workshops and seminars inluding those on environmental impat assessment

Formulation of national ontingeny plans for ombating oil pollution.

Upkeep of reords of pollution inidents by oil or other harmful substanes in the Region

inluding information on the impat of suh pollution on the marine environment.

19. As part of the ativities and programmes for regional ooperation mentioned in paragraphs17 and 18, an extensive training programme should be developed for personnel from the Region.Suh a programme may be exeuted through training at existing national, regional or internationalinstitutions ready to offer their failities.

20. All onerned parties should ooperate in lending omplete support by devoting adequateresoures to systemati and regular ampaigns for publi awareness of environmental issues in the Region. Thus onservation and enhanement of marine and oastal environment an beachieved.

IIIc Institutional And Finanial Arrangements

21. In establishing institutional arrangements for arrying out the Ation Plan, a mehanism should

be formed whih utilizes, to the greatest possible extent, the national apabilities available in the

Region and the apabilities of existing regional and international organisations and oordination

bodies whih would deal with national institutions through the appropriate national authorities of

the States onerned. Where neessary, national institutions should be strengthened so that they

may partiipate atively and effetively in the various programmes.

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22. ALECSO will be resposible for suh interim arrangements as may be required for the ahievement

of the objetvies of the Ation Plan. Suh interim arrangements inlude the ontinuation of the

existene of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Interim Administration, for the purpose of the implecr

mentation and supervision of the Ation Plan until the permanent Regional Organization for the

Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment is established. In order to fulll this

task the Interim Administration should have adequate professional and supporting staff.

23. The Interim Administration shall be responsible for the overall ocordination of the Ation

Plan and other matters ar ising from the Convention and its protools. The Interim Administration

should onvene annual meetings of the Interim Counil for the Conservation of the Red Sea and

Gulf of Aden Environment to adopt operational details of the Ation Plan, to set projet priorities

and to supervise implementation. The Interim Counil shall be formed of representatives of the

Contrating Parties nominated by their national authorities.

The Diretor General of ALECSO shall inform the Contrating Parties of the formation of said

Inteim Council.

24. The Exeutive Diretor of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment Programme will invite

governmental expert Groups nominated by the Contrating Parties, to meet from time to time,

to review progress ahieved pursuant to the reommendations set forth in the Ation Plan and

to the esolutions of the Inteim Council fo the Consevation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Environment, and for the purpose of advising the development of additional ativities.

25. The Governments of the Region agree to the neessity of establishing a Marine Emergeny Mutual

Aid Centre. The Centre should have primarily a oordinating role in exhange of information,

training programmes and monitoring. The possibility of the Centre initiating operations to ombat

pollution by oil and other harmful substanes may be onsidered at a later stage in aordane with arcrtile III of the Protool onerning Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution by Oil and other

Harmful Substanes in Cases of Emergeny.

26. Responsibilities should be transfered from the Interim Administration to the Regional Organization

for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment as soon as this Organization

is established.

27. It is proposed that the programme be naned by ontributions by the Governments to be

estimated on the basis of mutual agreement and supplemented, espeially in the initial stages,

by assistane that ould be made available from regional and international bodies. The ultimate

aim should be to make the programme self c supporting within the regional ontext, not only by

developing institutional apabilities to perform the required tasks, but also by supporting training,provision of equipment and other forms of assistane from within the Region.

IV c Legal Component

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the Region, the Governments agree to the need for early ratiation of the Regional Convention for

the Consevation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Envionment.

29. It is reommended that ALECSO should, in ooperation with the Governments onerned,

onvene intercgovernmental groups to prepare additional protools whih will inlude:

Pollution fom land based souces.

Pollution resulting from exploration and exploitation of the sea bed, the ontinental shelfand the sub soil.

Sienti and tehnial ooperation in the eld of marine environment and oastal areasconsevation.

Development, onservation, protetion and harmonious utilization of the marine living

resoures of the Region.

Liability and ompensation for damage resulting from pollution of the marine environcr

ment.

Any protool on other subjets found important to the Region during the exeution of

the Action Plan.

30. Aware of the need to give speial protetion to the Region against pollution from ships

through normal operations or dumping ativities, an appeal is made to Governments of the Region

to strengthen measures for implementation of the relevant international onventions.

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In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized by their respetive

Governments, have signed the present Ation Plan.




The Republi of the Sudan,

The Demorati Republi of Somalia

Palestine

The Republi of Yemen

Done atthe ity of Jeddah on Saturday 20 Rabie Althani 1426 (H) orresponding to 14 February

2005

Date of ratication of the Action Plan by Member States


Djibouti 2c3c1998Ministere de LEnvironment du Tourisme et de

LArtisanat

Egypt 31c5c1990Counil of Ministers, Environmental Affairs

Ageny, Cairo

Jordan 7c9c1988Ministry of Muniipalities and Rural Affairs,

Division of Environment

Saudi Aabia 22c5c1985Meteorology and Environmental Protetion

Administration, Jeddah

Somalia 1c3c1988Ministry of Fisheries and Marine

Transportation, Mogadishu

Sudan 5c6c1984 National Counil for Researh, Khartoum

Yemen 29c5c1982University of Sanaa, Sanaa

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Final Actof the Jeddah Plenipotentiary Regional Conference on the Conservvation of the Marine Enironment and Coastal Areas in the Red Sea

and Gulf of Aden

JEDDAH 13v15 February 1982

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Enironment Programme

1v The Jeddah Regional Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Conseration of the Marine Envv

ironment and Coastal Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden was conened in the City of Jedvv

dah at the initation of the Goernment of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and according to the

arrangements made by the Arab Educational Cultural and Scientic Organization (ALECSO) for

the realization of the Jeddah 1976 Declaration.

2v Meetings were held at Kandara Palace Hotel during the period 13v15 February 1982 followvv

ing the closure of the Meeting of Experts of Plenipotentiaries for the Conseration of the Marine

Enironment and Coastal Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden held at the Headquarters of

the Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA) in Jeddah during the period

6 -11 February 1982 and which was attendend by representatives of the States and Organizations

attended this Conference in addition to representaties from:

- The Gulf States Arab Education Ofce.

- The Islamic Development Bank.

- The International Union for the Conversation of Nature and Natural Resources ( IUCN ).

3v The following States were inited:

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Republic of Djibouti, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Sudan,

Democratic Republic of Somalia, Palestine, Republic of Yemen.

All invited States except Djibouti attended the Conference.

4- An ALECSO delegation including a representative of the League of Arab States participated inthe Conference.

5- The following Arab, Islamic and International Organizations were represented:

- The Saudi Sudanese Commission for the Exploitation of the Red Sea Resources.

- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

- The United Nations Educational Scientic and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

- The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).

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6- The Conference was inaugurated by Mr. R. M. Alromaih, Director General of MEPA and the

Plenipotentiary of the Government of Saudi Arabia, as representative of the host State. His Royal

Highness Prince Saud Ibn Abdulmohsen Alsaud, The Goernor of the Holy Mecca Region, then

welcomed the Conference. Other inaugural speeches were delivered by: Dr. Saeed, Assistant

Director General of ALECSO and by Dr. A. A. Banaja, Executive Director of the Red Sea

and Gulf of Aden Environment Programme (PERSGA). Inaugural speeches were concluded

by Mr. M. Z. Alnashashibi, the Plenipotentiary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O) on

behalf of participating States.

7- After the inaugural ceremony, the delegates elected Mr. P. M. Alromaih, as President of the

conference. All heads of delegations were nominated vice-presidents. Dr. D. H. Nasr of Sudan

delegation was nominated Rapporteur to the Conference.

The Conference then adopted its Agenda and formed working committees as follows:

Credential Committee:

Chairman: Mr. R. M. Alromaih ( Saudi Arabia )

Members: Mr. A. H. Abdeen ( Jordan )

Dr. D. H. Nasr ( Sudan )

Draft Committee:

Chairman: Mr. R. M. Alromaih ( Saudi Arabia )

Members: All member experts of delegations.

8v The following are the main documents constituting the basis of the Conference deliberations:

Draft Regional Conention for the Conseration of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Envv

vironment.

Draft Protocol concerning Regional Cooperation for Combating Pollution by Oil and

Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency.

Draft Action Plan for the Conseration of the Marine Enironment and Coastal Areas

in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden .

Recommendation to the Plenipotentiaries by the Expert Meeting 6-11 February

1982 concerning the signing of the Conention and Protocol and the adoption of the

Action Plan.

Draft Resolutions:

Draft Resolution concerning Financial Arrangements for the Action Plan during1982 and 1983.

Draft Resolution concerning ratication of the Convention and Protocol.

Draft Resolution concerning Administratie Arrangements for the Action Plan

Operation.

9v After concluding the procedures, the President opened deliberations by requesting

Dr. A. A. Algain, Chairman of the Expert Meeting to read out the recommendation made by that

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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Meeting and addressed to the Plenipotentiaries for their signature of the Conention and Protovv

col and for adoption of the Action plan.

10- The President then tabled the Draft Resolutions contained in the documents. The Conference

adopted the following resolutions:

Resolution concerning Financial Arrangements for the Action Plan during 1982 and 1983.

Resolution concerning Ratication of the Convention and Protocol.

11- The President then adjourned the session for fteen minutes to allow heads of delegations

recess to study the Draft Resolution concerning Administratie Arrangements for the Action Plan

Operation.

After recess the session was resumed where the Conference adopted the Resolution drafted

on the matter.

12v Thus the Conference adopted the following resolutions:

Resolution concerning Financial Arrangements for the Action Plan during 1982 and 1983.

Resolution concerning Ratication of the Convention and Protocol.

Resolution concerning Administrative Arrangements for the Action Plan Operation.

Tribute to ALECSO.

Acknowledgement to the following International Organisations and bodies:

v UNEP

- UNESCO

- IOC- IMCO

v IUCN

Acknowledgement to the Executie Administration of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Environment Programme.

Tribute to the Government of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

(a)

(b)

(a)(b)

(c)

(d)

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In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized by their respective

Governments, have signed the present Final Act.




The Republic of the Sudan,

The Democratic Republic of Somalia

Palestine

The Republic of Yemen

Done atthe city of Jeddah on Saturday 19 Rabie Althani 1426 (H) corresponding to 13 February

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Resolutions

The Jeddah Plenipotentiary Regional Conference on the Conseration

of the Marine Enironment and Coastal Areas in the Red Sea andGulf of Aden

JEDDAH 13v15 February 1982

1- Resolution concerning Financial Arrangements for the Action Plan during 1982 & 1983

The Plenipotentiaries of Governments participating in the Conference.

Having adoptedthe Action Plan for the Conseration of the Marine Enironment and Coastal

Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and having signed the Regional Conention for theConseration of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Enironment and the Protocol attached thereto

concerning Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution by Oil and other Harmful Substances

in Cases of Emergency.

Acknowledgingthe initiative of the Director General of ALECSO to render assistance and con-v

tribute to the costs of implementing the Action Plan for the Conseration of the Marine Enivv

ronment and Coastal Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden .

Taking in consideration that the total cost for implementing Phase I of the Action Plan during 1982

& 1983 is estimated at six million U.S. Dollars.

They resolve the following:

Recommendingthe Contracting Parties to start the implementation of the Action Plan and to

contribute to its nancing based on the percentage shares of member States within the League

of Arab States.

Requestingthe Interim Executie Administration of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Enironment

Programme to conene,soonest possible, the Interim Council for the Conseration of the Red

Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment in order to adopt the budget for 1982-1983 and to x the

contributions of Member States according to the agreed percentage shares.

2- Resolution concerning Ratication of the Convention and Protocol

The Plenipotentiaries of Goernments participating in the Conference having signed the following

two documents:

The Regional Conention for the Conseration of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Environment.

The Protocol concerning Regional Cooperation for Combating Pollution by Oil and

Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergencey.

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And having adoptedthe Final Act of the Conference realizingthat problems of consering the

marine environment are vital for the benet of the present and future generations and call for

prompt confrontation and treatment.

They recommendthe Contracting Parties for early ratication of said two documents.

3- Resolution concerning Administrative Arrangements for the Action Plan Operation

The Plenipotentiaries of the Governments participating in the Conference.

Having adoptedthe Action Plan for the Conseration of the Marine Enironment and Coastal

Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

And having signedthe Regional Conention for the Conseration of the Red Sea and Gulf of

Aden Enironment and the Protocol concerning Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution

by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency.

Appreciatingthe hosting of the Interim Executive Administration of ALECSO Red Sea and Gulf of

Aden Environment Programme by the Government of Saudi Arabia for more than one year now.

Referringto Article XVI of the initialled Conention designating the City of Jeddah as permanent

headquarters of the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of

Aden Environment.

Referringalso to Articles 22, 23 and 24 of the Action Plan, which articles deal with the Interim

Council for the Conseration of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Enironment and with the presentAdministration belonging to ALECSO and which articles assigns to the latter Administration the

responsibility of starting Action Plan implementation.

They resolvethe following:

Recommending the Goernment of Saudi Arabia to complete all interim arrangements

necessary for the headquarters of the interim Executie Administration of the Red Sea

and Gulf of Aden Environment Programme so that it can be able to discharge its duties.

Calling upon the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf

of Aden Enironment established by Article XVI of the Conention to enter negotiations

with the Government of Saudi Arabia for hosting its permanent headquarters.Requesting the Executie Director of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Programme to

start negotiations with the Government of Saudi Arabia for realization of what is stated

in 2. above.

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Article I

For the purposes of this Protocol the following terms and expressions have the meanings indicated

below, except when otherwise inferred from the text:

1. Appropriate Authority: eiher he Naional Auhoriy dened in Aricle I of he Conventt

ion, or he auhoriy or auhoriies wihin he Governmen of a Conracing Par y, designaed by

the National Authority and responsible for:

Combaing or oherwise operaionally responding o marine emergencies.

Receiving and coordinating information on marine emergencies.

Coordinaing available naional capabiliies for dealing wih marine emergencies in

general wihin is own Governmen and wih oher Conracing Paries.

2. Marine Emergency: any casuality, incident, occurrence or situation, however caused, resulting

in substantial pollution or imminent threat of substantial pollution to the marine environment by

oil or other harmful substances and includes collisions, strandings and other incidents involving

ships, including ankers, blowtous arising from peroleum drilling and producion aciviies, and he

presence of oil or other harmful substances arising from the failure of industrial installations.

Proocol Concerning Regional Cotoperaion inCombaing Polluion by Oil and Oher Harmful

Subsances in Cases of Emergency(1982)

The Contracting Parties of Jeddah Convention,BeingParies o he Regional Convenion for he Conservaion of he Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Environmen (hereinafer referred o as he Convenion),

Conscious of he evertpresen poenialiy of emergencies which may resul in subsanial polluion

by oil and other harmful substances, and of the need to provide also; cooperative and effective

measures to deal with them.

Beingaware ha appropriae measures for responding o polluion emergencies need o be entt

hanced on a national and regional basis to deal with this problem in a comprehensive manner for

he bene of he Red Sea and Gulf of Aden environmen,


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3.Marine Emergency Contingency Plan: a plan or plans, prepared on a national, bilateral or multilateral

basis, designed to coordinate the deployment, allocation and use of personnel, material, resources

and equipment for the purpose of responding to marine emergencies.

4. Marine Emergency Response: any aciviy inended o preven, miigae or eliminae pollutt

ion by oil or oher harmful subsances or hrea of such polluion resuling from marine emertt

gencies.

5.Related Interests: he ineress of a Conracing Pary direcly or indirecly affeced or hreaened

by a marine emergency such as:

Mariime, coasal, por or esuary aciviies, including sheries aciviies.

Hisoric and ourisic aracions.

The health of the coastal population and the conservation of living marine resources and

wildlife.

Industrial activities which rely upon intake of water, including distillation plants, andindustrial plants using circulating water.

6. Convention: he Regional Convenion for he Conservaion of he Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Environmen.

7. Council: he organ of he Regional Organizaion for Conservaion of he Red Sea and Gulf

of Aden Environmen esablished under Aricle XVI of he Convenion.

8. Centre: he Marine Emergency Muual Aid Cenre esablished under Aricle III, paragraph 1,

of the present Protocol.

Article II

1. The Conracing Paries shall cooperae in aking he necessary and effecive measures o proec

the coastline and related interests of one or more of the Parties from the threat and effects of

polluion due o he presence of oil or oher harmful subsances in he marine environmen resultt

ing from marine emergencies.

2. The Conracing Paries shall endeavour o mainain and promoe, eiher individually or hrough

bilateral or multilateral cooperation, their contingency plans and means for combating pollution

in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden by oil and other harmful substances. These means shall include,

in particular, available equipment, ships, aircraft and manpower prepared for operation in casesof emergency.

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Article III

1. The Conracing Par ies hereby esablish he Marine Emergency Muual Aid Cenre.

2. The objecives of he Cenre shall be:

To srenghen he capaciies of he Conracing Paries and o faciliae cooperaion

amongst them in order to combat pollution by oil and other harmful substances in

cases of marine emergencies.

To assis Conracing Paries, which so reques, in he developmen of heir own

naional capabiliies o comba polluion by oil and oher harmful subsances and o cot

ordinate and facilitate information exchange, technological cooperation and training.

A later objective, namely, the possibility of initiating operations to combat pollution by

oil and other harmful substances at the regional level, may be considered. This possibility

should be submied o approval by he Council afer evaluaing he resuls achieved in

he fulllmen of he previous objecives and in ligh of nancial resources which could

be made available for this purpose.

3. The funcions of he Cenre shall be:

To collec and disseminae o he Conracing Paries informaion concerning maers

covered by this Protocol, including:

Laws, regulations and information concerning appropriate authorities of

he Conracing Paries and marine emergency coningency plans referred o in

Aricle V of his Proocol.

Informaion available o he Conracing Paries concerning mehods, echniquesand research relaing o marine emergency responses referred o in Aricle VI of

this Protocol.

Lis of expers, equipmen and maerials available for marine emergency rett

sponses by he Conracing Paries.

To assis he Conracing Paries, as requesed:

In the preparation of laws and regulations concerning matters covered by this

Protocol and in the establishment of appropriate authorities.

In the preparation of marine emergency contingency plans.

In he esablishmen of procedures under which personnel, equipmen and matt

erials involved in marine emergency responses may be expediiously ransportt

ed ino, ou of, and hrough he erriories of he Conracing Paries.

In he ransmission o he Conracing Paries of repors concerning marine

emergencies; and

In promoting and developing training programmes for combating pollution.

To coordinae raining programmes for combaing polluion and prepare comprehentt

sive anitpolluion manuals.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

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To develop and maintain a communication/information system appropriate to the needs

of he Conracing Paries and he Cenre for he promp exchange of informaion

concerning marine emergencies required by this Protocol.

To prepare invenories of he available personnel, maerials, vessels, aircraf, and oher spett

cialized equipmen for marine emergency responses.

To esablish and mainain liaison wih compeen regional and inernaional organizaions, partt

icularly he InertGovernmenal Mariime Consulaive Organizaion, for he purposes of

obaining and exchanging scienic and echnological informaion and daa, paricularly

wih regard o any new echnology which may assis he Cenre in he performance of

its functions.

To prepare periodic repors on marine emergencies for submission o he Council;

To perform any oher funcions assigned o i eiher by his Proocol or by he Council.

4. The Cenre may full addiional funcions necessary for iniiaing operaions o comba polluion

by oil and oher harmful subsances on a regional level, when auhorized by he Council, in accordance

with paragraph 2(c) above.

Aricle IV

1. The presen Proocol shall apply o he Sea Area specied in paragraph 1 of Aricle II of he

Convenion.

2. For the purposes of dealing with a marine emergency, internal waters, including ports, harbours,

esuaries, bays and lagoons, may be reaed as par of he Sea Area if he Conracing Pary concerned

so decides.

Aricle V

Each Conracing Pary shall provide he Cenre and he oher Conracing Paries wih informaion

concerning:

Its appropriate authority.

Its laws, regulations, and other legal instruments relating generally to matters addressed

in this Protocol, including those concerning the structure and operation of the authority

referred to in paragraph (a) above.

Its national marine emergency contingency plans.

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

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Aricle VI

Each Conracing Pary shall provide he oher Conracing Paries and he Cenre wih informaion

concerning:

Exising and new mehods, echniques, maerials, and procedures relaing o marine

emergency responses.

Exising and planned research, heir resuls and developmen in he areas referred o in

paragraph (a) above.

Aricle VII

1. Each Conracing Pary shall direc is appropriae ofcials o require masers of ships, pilos of

aircraft and persons in charge of offshore platforms and other similar structures operating in the

marine environment and under its jurisdiction to report the existence of any marine emergency

in he Sea Area o he appropriae naional auhoriy and o he Cenre.

2. Any Conracing Pary receiving a repor pursuan o paragraph 1 above shall promply inform

the following of the marine emergency:

(a) The Cenre.

(b) All oher Conracing Paries.

(c) The ag Sae of any foreign ship involved in he marine emergency concerned.

3. The content of the reports, including supplementary reports where appropriate, referred to in

paragraph 1 above should conform o he form o be adoped by he Cenre.

4. Any Conracing Pary which submis a repor pursuan o paragraphs 2 (a) and 2 (b) above,

shall be exemped from he obligaions specied in paragraph 2 of Aricle IX of he Convenion.

Aricle VIII

The Cenre shall promply ransmi informaion and repors which i receives from a Conracing

Pary pursuan o Aricles V, VI and paragraph 2 of Aricle VII of his Proocol o all oher Conracing

Parties.

Aricle IX

Any Conracing Pary which ransmis informaion pursuan o his Proocol may specically rett

sric is disseminaion. In such a case, any Conracing Pary o which his informaion has been

ransmied, or he Cenre, shall no divulge i o any oher person, Governmen, or o any public

or privae organizaion wihou he specic auhorizaion of he former Conracing Pary.

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Aricle X

Any Conracing Pary faced wih a marine emergency siuaion shall:

Take every appropriate measure to combat pollution and/or to rectify the situation.

Immediaely inform all oher Conracing Paries, eiher direcly or hrough he Cenre,

of any acion which i has aken or inends o ake o comba he polluion. The Cenre

shall promply ransmi any such informaion o all oher Conracing Paries.

Make an assessment of the nature and extent of the marine emergency, either directly

or wih he assisance of he Cenre.

Determine the necessary and appropriate action to be taken with respect to the

marine emergency, in consulaion wih oher Conracing Paries, affeced Saes and

he Cenre.

Aricle XI

1. Any Conracing Pary requiring assisance in a marine emergency response may call for assisance

direcly from any oher Conracing Pary or hrough he Cenre. Where he services of he

Cenre are uilized, he Cenre shall promply ransmi requess received o all oher Conracing

Paries. The Conracing Paries o whom a reques is made pursuan o his paragraph shall use

their best endeavours within their capabilities to render the assistance requested.

2. The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 above may include:

Personnel, material, and equipment, including facilities or methods for the disposal of

recovered pollutants.Surveillance and monitoring capacity.

Facilitation of the transfer of personnel, material and equipment into, out of and through

he erriories of he Conracing Paries.

3. The services of he Cenre may be uilized by he Conracing Paries o cotordinae any matt

rine emergency response in which assistance is called for pursuant to paragraph 1 above.

4. Any Conracing Pary calling for assisance pursuan o paragraph 1 above shall repor he

aciviies underaken wih his assisance and is resuls o he Cenre. The Cenre shall promply

ransmi any such repor o all oher Conracing Paries.

5. In cases of special marine emergencies, he Cenre may call for he mobilizaion of resources

made available by he Conracing Paries o comba polluion by oil and oher harmful subtt

stances.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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Aricle XII

1. Having due regard o he funcions assigned o he Cenre under his Proocol, each Conracing

Party shall establish and maintain an appropriate Authority to carry out fully its obligations under thisProocol. Wih he assisance of he Cenre, he appropriae auhoriy of each Conracing Pary

shall cooperae and cotordinae is aciviies wih counerpars in he oher Conracing Paries.

2. Among oher maers wih respec o which cooperaion and cotordinaion effors shall be

directed under paragraph 1 above are the following:

Distribution and allocation of stocks of materials and equipment.

Training of personnel for marine emergency responses.

Marine pollution surveillance and monitoring activities.

Methods of communication in respect to marine emergencies.

Faciliaion of he ransfer of personnel, equipmen and maerials involved in marine emertt

gency responses ino, ou of, and hrough he erriories of he Conracing Paries.

Oher maers o which his Proocol applies.

Aricle XIII

The Council shall:

Review periodically he aciviies of he Cenre performed under his Proocol.

Decide on he degree o which, and sages by which, he funcions of he Cenre se

out in Article III will be implemented.

Deermine he nancial, adminisraive and oher suppor o be provided by he Conttracing Paries o he Cenre for he performance of is funcions.

This Proocol, considered an inegral par of he Convenion, shall be deposied wih he Governmen

of Saudi Arabia who shall ac as Deposiary pursuan o Aricle XXIX of he Convenion and who

shall ransmi ceried copies of i o he Conracing Paries. Ceried copies of his Proocol

shall be deposied, ogeher wih he Convenion, wih he General Secrearia of he League of

Arab Saes in accordance wih Aricle 17 of he Charer of he Arab League and regisered wih he

SecrearytGeneral of he Unied Naions in accordance wih Aricle 102 of he Charer of he

Unied Naions.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

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In witness whereof, he undersigned Plenipoeniaries, being duly auhorized by heir respecive

Governments, have signed the present Protocol.


The Hashemie Kingdom of Jordan,


The Republic of the Sudan,

The Democratic Republic of Somalia

Palestine

The Republic of Yemen

Done athe ciy of Jeddah on Saurday 20 Rabie Alhani 1426 (H) corresponding o 14 February

2005

Date of ratication of the present Protocol by Member States


Djibouti 2t3t1998Minisere de LEnvironmen du Tourisme e de

LArisana

Egyp 31t5t1990Council of Minisers, Environmenal Affairs

Agency, Cairo

Jordan 7t9t1988Ministry of Municipalities and Rural Affairs,

Division of Environmen

Saudi Arabia 22t5t1985Meeorology and Environmenal Proecion

Adminisraion, Jeddah

Somalia 1t3t1988Ministry of Fisheries and Marine

Transportation, Mogadishu

Sudan 5t6t1984 Naional Council for Research, Kharoum

Yemen 29t5t1982Universiy of Sanaa, Sanaa

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Protocol Concerning the Conseration of BiologicalDiersity and the Establishment of Network of

Protected Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden(2005)

The Contracting Parties of Jeddah Convention,Being Parties to the Regional Conention for the Conseration of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Enironment, adopted in 1982, and its associated Protocol (hereinafter referred to as the Convv

ention).

Conscious of the continued pressures on the marine and coastal areas and their ecosystems within

their respectie territories and elsewhere, due to the process of urbanization, population growth,

economic deelopment, and other factors which may result in substantial decline of biodiervv

sity, and of the need to proide covoperatie and effectie measures to deal with and minimize

them.

Stressingthe importance of safeguarding biodiersity and, as appropriate, improing the state of

the natural and cultural heritage of the PERSGA region, in particular through the enhancement of

protected marine and coastal areas and also by the protection and conseration of threatened

species, on a national and regional basis to deal with this problem in a comprehensie manner.

Recognizingthat adoption and eventual ratication/accession of the Protocol will provide many

national, reional and lobal benets includin: contribution to the conservation of endemic, migvratory, reional and lobally sinicant species of fauna and ora; reduction of the loss and

deradation of coastal and marine ecosystems in the reion; enhancement of sociogeconomic

deelopment in the region, through the sustainable use of coastal and marine resources, including

shin and tourism; facilitation of the development and implementation of interated coastal and

marine resource manaement procedures; assistance to other reions in the preparation of similar

leal frameworks for access to, sustainable use of, and equitable sharin of the benets developed

from, their enetic resources and; improvement of reional collaboration, particular ly concernin

issues of a transvboundary nature and by proiding ehicles for public awareness, education and

research.

Consideringthe principles enunciated in instruments adopted by the United Nations Conference

on Enironment and Deelopment and particularly the Conention on Biological Diersity (Rio

de Janeiro, 1992), includin the Jakar ta Mandate and its ve thematic themes, as well as the instrugv

ments of other releant international agreements and programme of actions dealing directly or

indirectly with biodiersity conseration and protected areas.

Also notin that when there is a threat of sinicant reduction or loss of bioloical diversity, lack

of full scientic cer tainty should not be invoked as a reason for postponin measures to avoid or

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Reafrmingthat all States shall cooperate to consere, protect and restore the health and integvv

rity of marine and coastal ecosystems and that in iew of the different contributions to global

enironmental degradation, States hae common responsibilities in the pursuit of sustainable devv

elopment.


PART 1. General Provisions

Article 1: Objectives

1. To proide for the conseration, protection and restoration of the health and int