REQUEST FOR INCLUSION IN THE AGENDA OF THE SESSIONSee 6th Session, 1954: (included in the Agenda).

Motion | Doc. 246 | 22nd May, 1954

Rapporteur :

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Prohibition of the discharge of tva te oil into the sea

The Assembly,

Calling attention to the problems created in post-war years by :

a the transport of crude oil to Europe, with the resulting discharge into the sea of waste oil by tankers ;

b the increasing use of oil fuel by cargo ships ;

Noting with alarm that the discharge of waste oil overboard is resulting in the destruction of animal life and fisheries, and the fouling of the coastline and beaches of the maritime nations of the Council of Europe,

Decides to include in its Agenda, the following question :

" Prohibition of the discharge of Avaste oil into the sea.