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Strategic Action Plan for the
Rehabilitation and Protection of the Black Sea
Istanbul,
Turkey, 30 - 31 October
1996,
Desiring to rehabilitate and
protect the Black Sea the Governments of:
Bulgaria
Georgia
Romania
the Russian Federation
Turkey, and
Ukraine
Reaffirming
their commitment to the rehabilitation and protection of the Black Sea ecosystem
and the sustainable development of its resources as expressed, in particular, in
the Bucharest Convention and the Odesa Declaration;
Continuing in the spirit
of the United Nations
Declaration on Environment and Development (Rio Declaration) and Agenda 21;
Appreciating
the progress that has been made towards attaining sustainable development in the
Black Sea region through, amongst other things, the actions taken within the
Black Sea Environmental Programme (BSEP) in support of the implementation of the
Bucharest Convention and the Odesa Declaration;
Welcoming
the international initiatives undertaken
to rehabilitate and protect the waters of the rivers flowing into the Black Sea,
in particular, the Danube, Dnipro (Dnieper) and Don;
Welcoming
also, the national initiatives taken to ratify or accede to international
conventions relevant to attaining the rehabilitation and protection of the Black
Sea ;
Noting
the work undertaken towards the adoption of the Convention for Fisheries and
Conservation of Living Resources of the Black Sea;
Conscious
of the importance of the initiatives taken by non-governmental organisations
towards attaining the rehabilitation and protection of the Black Sea;
Nevertheless remain
concerned about the state of
the Black Sea ecosystem and the limited recovery of its resources;
Convinced
of the pressing need to take further concrete actions, individually and
collectively, at national and regional levels in order to ensure the
rehabilitation and protection of the Black Sea ecosystem and the sustainable use
of its resources;
Recalling
that the preparation of a strategic action
plan was called for in Resolution 3, adopted at the Diplomatic Conference
on the Protection of the Black Sea, Bucharest, April 21-22, 1992 and in the
Final Act of the Ministerial Meeting on the Declaration on the Protection of the
Black Sea, Odesa, April 6-7,1993;
Decide
to agree on the following principles, policies and actions:
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