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ANNEX

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF

SHIPS' BALLAST WATER AND SEDIMENTS,2004

THE PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,

RECALLING Article 196(1) of the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS), which provides that “States shall take all measures necessary to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment resulting from the use of technologies under their jurisdiction or control, or the intentional or accidental introduction of species, alien or new, to a particular part of the marine environment, which may cause significant and harmful changes thereto,”

NOTING the objectives of the 1992Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD) and that the transfer and introduction of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens via ships’ballast water threatens the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity as well as decision IV/5 of the 1998 Conference of the Parties (COP 4) to theCBD concerning the conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as decisionVI/23 of the 2002 Conference of the Parties (COP 6) to the CBD on alien species that threaten ecosystems, habitats or species, including guiding principles on invasive species,

NOTING FURTHERthat the 1992 United NationsConference on Environment and Development (UNCED) requested the International Maritime Organization (theOrganization) to consider the adoption of appropriate rules on ballast water discharge,

MINDFUL of the precautionary approach set out in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and referred to in resolution MEPC.67(37),adopted by the Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee on 15 September 1995,

ALSO MINDFUL that the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, in paragraph34(b) of its Plan of Implementation, calls for action at all levels to accelerate the development of measures to address invasive alien species in ballast water,

CONSCIOUS that the uncontrolled discharge of Ballast Water and Sediments from ships has led to the transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens, causing injury or damage to the environment, human health, property and resources,

RECOGNIZING the importance placed on this issue by the Organization through Assembly resolutions A.774(18) in 1993 and A.868(20) in 1997, adopted for the purpose of addressing the transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens,

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