The London Dumping Convention: The First Decade and Beyond

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 Update: Supplement for The London Dumping Convention: The First Decade and Beyond has been published and is available to download here  

 

The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (London Convention 1972), was adopted at the Inter-Governmental Conference on the Convention on the Dumping of Wastes at Sea convened in London from 20 October to 13 November 1972.

This publication contains the text of the London Convention 1972 incorporating the 1978, 1980, 1989 and 1993 amendments.The 1996 Protocol to the London Convention was adopted at the Special Meeting of Contracting Parties convened in London from 28 October to 8 November 1996.