(Signed) Carl T. C. GUTIERREZ President (Signed) Phillip MULLER Secretary ; ... T/PET.l0/330 English Page 5 Enclosure 3 Resolution No. GA-3-5 Presented by: Committee on Governmental Affairs A RESOLUTION Relative to postponing the next meeting of experts on the South Pacific Convention and Protocol on Ocean Protection. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF PACIFIC ISLAND LEGISLATURES: WHEREAS, our respective Governments have expressed their opposition to the dumping of nuclear waste in our ocean; and WHEREAS, the London Dumping Convention recommends that each ocean region adopt its own regional agreement to prevent pollution of our oceans by nuclear waste and other harmful substances; and WHEREAS, the South Pacific Commission has convened a meeting of experts to draft a convention and protocol on ocean environmental protection; and WHEREAS, the South Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) delegates have met twice in Noumea, New Caledonia, to discuss and deliberate on this document; and WHEREAS, all Pacific Island delegates to the SPREP second experts meeting voiced their support of a complete prohibition of the dumping of nuclear waste in the ocean; and WHEREAS, the United States delegation has opposed the inclusion of such a prohibition by arguing that there is no evidence that supports the need for such a prohibition; and WHEREAS, the London Dumping Convention has undertaken a study to prove the effects of the ocean dumping of nuclear waste; and WHEREAS, this study is scheduled to be completed in November 1985; and WHEREAS, the third meeting of SPREP experts is scheduled for July 1984; WHEREAS, we need time to receive and review this study before continuing any discussion or deciding the South Pacific Convention and Protocol on Ocean Environmental Protection; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures recommends and 