Accession to the BWM followed a similar move by Belgium a few days earlier, but leaves the tonnage total to have acceded to the Treaty at 34.82%, still fractionally short of the 35% of the world fleet required for it to enter into force. Â
Other marine environment treaties signed by Fiji included the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, (MARPOL 73/78); including acceptance of Optional Annexes IV and V to MARPOL 73/78;the International Convention on Salvage, 1989 (SALVAGE 1989);the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (BUNKERS 2001);the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (AFS 2001); andthe Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organization, as amended (IMSO C 1976).
The instruments of accession were deposited with IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim by Jitoko Tikolevu, High Commissioner of Fiji to the UK.
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