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… fisheries and industrial water users. “I have absolutely no doubt that this User’s Guide will quickly become an … 116 Article 7 | Obligation Not to Cause Significant Harm 117 7.1 Commentary 117 7.1.1 All appropriate measures … Environmental Law and Policy 337. Iza A and Stein R, eds, Rule – Reforming Water Governance (IUCN 2009). Paisely RK, …

… 43 3.2.2. No significant harm … environmental protection relate to the principles of no significant harm, protection of watercourses and their ecosystems, …

… utilisation 5. Obligation Not to Cause Significant Harm 6. General Obligation to Cooperate 7. Regular Exchange … and reasonable manner; Duty to prevent significant harm to other riparian states; and Obligation to provide … 5. Obligation Not to Cause Significant Harm Another fundamental principle governing states’ conduct …

… of 1/15,000 of oil cargo). However, exemptions applied if no oil reception facilities were available in the port of … be filled with sea water as ballast. Special areas where no discharges were permitted were declared, including the … is likely to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or …

… their own 2 UNCSD Secretariat, RIO 2012 Issues Briefs. No. 4 Oceans, pp. 3-4. 3 FAO (2011), Global Sustainable … laid down in Part XII are the duty to avoid transboundary harm (article 194(2)) and the duty to conduct environmental … occasions the CECAF meeting was held without observing its rule IV.6, which establishes that a majority of the members …

… on 17 July 1983. Land- based pollution presents 80% of harm done to the Mediterranean Sea. To complement pollution … health, interfere with legitimate uses of the waters, or harm the living organisms in the waters, even if there is no conclusive evidence that these adverse impacts will …

… monitoring and environmental assessment, international rule formation, enforcement, safeguards against inept … or is likely to result in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources and marine life hazard to human …

… decision making and secure a sustainable future. www.grida.no Copyright: ©2012 The Secretariat of the Basel Convention … waste – about 20 per cent more than in 2009. The general rule is that the rich produce more waste; but a certain level … methods. Considering the sig- nificant potential for harm from hazard- ous waste, the present situation gives rise …

… retary-General of the United Nations (Articles 30.1, 34). No reservations may be made to the Convention (Article 32), … a Party a Importer is a Party (Ar- ticle 3.6.a) 1. General Rule: Mercury export is prohibited. 2. Exception: Mercury … are not mercury- added. aWHO and Health Care Without Harm launched a global campaign to shift global production of …

… There are nevertheless some exceptions to this general rule. For instance, MARPOL 73/78 uses a system of special … of areas to be avoided or precautionary areas. As there is no exhaustive list of these measures, states could propose …