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Summary of IMO work on addressing marine plastic litter from ships.

United Nations Sustainable Fisheries Resolution - A/RES/74/18 - Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2019):https://undocs.org/en…

This document is a compilation of the following four United Nations Environment Assembly resolutions on marine litter and microplastics.

Parties are invited to submit relevant information on the implementation of Resolution 12.20 Management of Marine Debris as part of their responses to the requests made by the United Nations Environment Programme in relation to UNEA Resolution 4/6 and  encourage further research by academia, research organizations and other relevant stakeholders on the impact of plastic pollution, including…

Recalling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmentand its Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal14

United Nations Environment Assembly resolution 3/7 on marine litter and microplastics and, in particular, the invitation to relevant international and regional organizations and conventions, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, as appropriate and within their mandates, to increase their actions to prevent and reduce marine litter and microplastics and their harmful effects, and…

Reaffirming that the moratorium on commercial whaling, which has been in effect since 1986, has contributed to the recovery of some cetacean populations, and AWARE of the cumulative effects of multiple, existing and emerging threats to cetacean populations such as entanglement, by catch, underwater noise, ship strikes, marine debris and climate change

All other garbage including plastics, synthetic ropes, fishing gear, plastic garbage bags, incinerator ashes, clinkers, cooking oil, floating dunnage, lining and packing materials, paper, rags, glass, metal, bottles, crockery and similar refuse

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

The updated report entitled “Scientific synthesis of the impacts of underwater noise on marine and coastal biodiversity and habitats”,1and invitesParties, other Governments and relevant organizations to make use of this information, as appropriate, within their competencies, and in accordance with national legislation and international agreements;

The United Nation’s 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1)

Impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity of anthropogenic underwater noise and ocean acidification, priority actions to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 10 for coral reefs and closely associated ecosystems, and marine spatial planning and training initiatives.

RECALLING Article 38(e) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization (the Organization) concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

Recalling article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution.

 All Decisions on plastic waste, including BC13/17 Work programme and operations of the Open-ended Working Group for the biennium 2018–2019, BC14/12 Amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX to the Basel Convention, BC14/13 Further actions to address plastic waste under the Basel Convention, OEWG 11/7 Amendment to Annex IX to the Basel Convention, and OEWG 11/8 Marine plastic litter and…

The amendment to Annex VIII, with the insertion of a new entry A3210, clarifies the scope of plastic wastes presumed to be hazardous and therefore subject to the PIC procedure.

The Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) is the first binding international agreement to specifically target illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Its objective is to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing by preventing vessels engaged in IUU fishing from using ports and landing their catches. In this way, the PSMA reduces the incentive of such vessels to continue to operate…