Regional Consultative Workshop on the Recovery of Oil Spill Clean-Up Costs and Pollution Damage Claims

PUBLICATION DATE:

Wednesday, September 01, 1999

PUBLICATION TYPE:

Meeting Documents

STATUS:

Out of Print

DESCRIPTION:

This publication summarizes the results of the Regional Consultative Workshop on the Recovery of Oil Spill Clean-up Costs and Pollution Damage Claims which was jointly organized by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore and the GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme for the Prevention and Management of Marine Pollution in the East Asian Seas. The workshop followed a successful two-day conference organized by the MPA, Singapore, on 1-2 September 1999, entitled “International Oil Pollution Conference and Exhibition 99” (IOPCE 99). The workshop was designed to provide senior officials from countries of the East Asian Seas region an opportunity to discuss issues and priorities with regard to implementation of the Civil Liability and Compensation (CLC) Convention and the Fund Convention (FUND). Representatives from nine countries of the East Asian Seas region attended the IOPCE ‘99 and workshop. Four resource persons participated in the workshop, representing the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds), the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd. (ITOPF), the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and the MPA, Singapore.