rays and neans of providing f,or regular revler, of wasce diaposal options ingeneral. The Iondon Dumping Convention Taak Tean 2000, in its report to lhe Contracting Parties r ecof,iended the calling of speclal conferences or aynposia to revie$ perlodlcall-y specific waste or waste treatment and dispogal techniques. 58, Dunping of radioactlve wastes at sea and lnto the sea-bed. The Ninth Consul,tative Meeting exatoined the report of an Expert Scientific Panel see up to exanine the dunping at sea of radioactive wastes. After conslderatlon of tbe report and detaiLed diecussion as to rhether lts Eu€pension on dumping ghould be continued, ry the consultative Meeting dectded to naintain the suspeneion of all dumping at sea of radioactive wastes and other natter to pernit time for furtherstudies and assessmenes, including that of the option of land-based disposaL, and called upon Contracting Pareies, inber ali,a, to develop procedurea for the asaesshent. of liabil-lty regarding State re€ponalbility for danage to tbe environnent of other Statea or Co any other aEea of the envl.ronment resulting fron such dunping. 59. With regaril to dispoaal lnto the sea-bed of high-level radioactive wa6tes, the Consultative Meeting agreed to defer further consideration of this matter to.ltsnext neeting. The Nuclear Energy Agency of lhe Organiaaeion for Economic Co-operatlon and O<ivelopment (OECD/NEA) reported to the @ntracting Parties thatthe first phase of reaearch to assesi the feasiblllty of dlsposat of high-levelradioactlve wastes beneath the ocean floor rdas scheduled for compleCion in 1988 andthat tlrere was no plan for the tine being t9 carry out any experiment involving the emplacement of 6uch wastes into the sea-bed. 60. The International Atornlc Energy Agency (IAEA) is entrusted by the London Dumping Convention trith the elaboration of crlCeria for defining high-levelradioactive waste unsuitaUle fot alunping at seat the Conventio4 also reguires IAEAto provide reconmendations for the durnping of los-level radioactlee waste. A new revised definition of hlgh-level radioactive $astes or other high Level radioactive
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the dumping of radioactive waste at sea and the related environmental concerns, with a focus on international agreements and regulations. The text mentions the London Dumping Convention, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA). This suggests that the text is related to the field of science and technology, particularly in the area of environmental protection and nuclear energy.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Science and technology