The Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Region represents one of the earliest integrated regional initiatives aimed at establishing a common framework for cooperation among the countries of the region to protect the marine environment and promote the sustainable development of coastal and marine resources.

Introduction Due to technological advancement in the field of exploration and exploitation of the sea bed and sub soil of the continental shelf to mineral resources. the environment of the sea area suffers from pollution. Offshore operations such as dredging pipelines drilling activities etc. Create a lot of environmental problems which disturb the marine environment

Pollution from land-based sources Pollution from land-based sources is a major threat to the marine environment, particularly in our ROPME Sea Area. This is a consequence of the economic growth in the petrochemical industry across all Member States of the ROPME. Therefore, in accordance with Article 6 of the Kuwait Regional Convention for Cooperation on

In facing increased risk to human health and the environment associated with the transboundary movement and disposal of hazardous wastes, UNEP introduced the Basel Convention, which was adopted on 22 March 1989. Recognizing that the Basel Convention could be used as a base upon which a more specific legal document could be developed to provide

The Kuwait Regional Convention The Kuwait Regional Convention is the primary legal instrument to co-ordinate the activities of the Region for the protection of the marine environment from pollution from various sources.  Kuwait Convention was adopted with an over-arching objective to abate, prevent and combat pollution of the marine environment of the Region from various

The Statute of the Judicial Commission for the Settlement of Disputes is one of the principal legal instruments adopted by the Council of the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) at its first meeting, held in April 1981, pursuant to the provisions of the Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the