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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 …

… and HCFCs but potent greenhouse gases, but have reached no agreement. During the 25th MOP held in Bangkok in 2013, … supported by separate majorities of both groups. The same rule applies to decisions concerning financial mechanisms. …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… warned that human-generated chlorofluoro- carbons could harm the ozone layer and would, if their use continued … are party. 3. The provisions of this Convention shall in no way affect the right of Parties to adopt, in accordance … its second meeting, decided: (a) To amend paragraph 2 of rule 6 as follows: Delete the words “in matters of direct …