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UNCLAS OTTAWA 000334 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR OES/OPA (O'BRIEN) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CA ECON EIND ETRD EWWT KTIA PREL SENV
SUBJECT: CANADA SUPPORTS U.S./AUSTRALIA ON SHIP RECYCLING 
CONVENTION 
 
REF: SECSTATE 41904 
 
¶1. (sbu) Econcouns and Emil Stojanovski, Third Secretary at 
the Australian High Commission, delivered reftel joint 
demarche on the draft international convention for the safe 
and environmentally sound recycling of ships to Transport 
Canada's Manager for Environmental Protection Paul Topping on 
May 4.  Topping, who will lead Canadian delegation to the 
International Maritime Organization's diplomatic conference 
in Hong Kong on May 11-15, said Canada would support the 
U.S./Australia proposed amendments to the draft convention. 
Topping, however, expressed doubt that India and the European 
Union would agree to the U.S./Australian position.  He stated 
that if the U.S./Australia proposal is blocked in Hong Kong, 
Canada would be ready to broker a compromise by 
re-introducing its own proposal regarding convention 
"non-parties" from the March 2008 Marine Environment 
Protection Committee (MEPC).  Topping provided the text of 
the Canadian proposal, which follows below. 
 
¶2. (u) Begin text of compromise Canadian proposal 
 
Proposed text for the Convention and its Annex 
 
Regulation 2ter - Relationship to States not Party to the 
Convention 
 
¶1.  Parties shall encourage States that are not Party to the 
Convention to become Parties. 
 
¶2.  Subject to paragraph 4, a Party with an authorized Ship 
Recycling Facility may accept a ship flying the flag of a 
State that is not a Party for recycling at the Party's 
authorized ship recycling facility, if the Party ensures that 
the ship meets the following provisions: 
 
.1 regulation 5, paragraph 4; 
.2 regulation 8, paragraphs .2 to .5; 
.3 regulation 9; 
.4 regulation 10, paragraph 1.4 and 2.4; 
.5 regulation 11, paragraph 11; 
.6 regulation 14, paragraphs 2 to 4; 
.7 regulation 24, paragraph 1; and 
.8 regulation 25. 
 
¶3.  Subject to paragraph 4, a Party with a ship flying its 
flag may allow its ship to be recycled at a Ship Recycling 
Facility in a State that is not a Party if the Party ensures 
that the Ship Recycling Facility meets the following 
provisions: 
 
.1 regulation 8, paragraph 3; 
.2 regulation 9; 
.3 regulation 15, 
.4 regulation 16, paragraphs 1 and 2 
.5 regulation 17 paragraph 1; and 
.6 regulations 18 to 25. 
 
¶4.  A Party shall communicate to the Organization the 
mechanism by which it ensures that the State that is not a 
Party will meet the identified provisions of this Annex as 
set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 and that the State accepts this 
mechanism. 
 
¶5.  When a Party establishes a mechanism referred to in 
paragraph 4, another Party may request to participate in that 
mechanism and may do so on the agreement of both the Party 
and State involved.  The Parties involved shall communicate 
such arrangements to the Organization. 
 
¶6.  The Organization will provide annually to all Parties, 
and Member States, a report summarizing information it 
received under paragraphs 4 and 5. 
 
End text of compromise Canadian proposal. 
 
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at 
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / 
 
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