Committee onShipping requested theSecretary-General ofUNCTADtoconvene a groupofexperts topropose anappropriate framework andmodalities of interregional co-operation inthefieldofshipping services, takinginto account therecommendations andpriorities established bytheadhoc Intergovernmental GroupofSeniorOfficials onCo-operation amongDeveloping Countries inShipping PortsandMultimodal Transport initsresolution 1(1) (TD/B/C.4/AC.9/4). The Group ofExperts elaborated recommendations onthe framework andmodalities ofinterregional co-operation inshipping services andfocused onthreemaintopics: (a)identification ofpossible areasof co-operation, (b)defining appropriate institutional framework andmechanisms fordeveloping andpromoting co-operation, and(c)identifying mainobstacles toprerequisites forsuccessful co-operative arrangements. Inthose recommendations, whichwillbepresented tothefourteenth session ofthe Committee onShipping inJune1990,theGroupidentified anumberofpossible areasinwhichdeveloping countries couldco-operate, suchas: (a)Co-operation inoperational activities: central freight booking, pooling ofcargoes andshipping space,jointventures, information exchange, multinational companies, research anddevelopment, establishment of multimodal transport operators, co-operation inmanning, jointfinancing, determination ofbaseports/transhipment ports,shiprepair andbuilding upofappropriate computer systems; (b)Co-operation intraining, transfer ofknow-how; (c)Co-operation inpolicymatters: planning andpolicyformulation, legislation, harmonization andsimplification ofprocedures; (d)Institutional structure: subregional/regional co-operation, interregional co-operation. 10.UNCTAD/ICC: Uniform RulesonMultimodal Transport 88.TheUNCTAD Committee onShipping instructed theUNCTADSecretariat to produce amultimodal transport document basedontheHague-Visby Rules. The UNCTADSecretariat, incloseco-operation withICCandFIATA,isnowinthe process ofdrafting newuniform rulesformultimodal transport toreplace the existing ICCUniform Rules.A/CN.9/336 English Page32 11.IMO:reV1Slon oftheAthensConvention Relating to theCarriage ofPassengers andtheirLuggage bySea,1974 89.TheIMOCouncil atitsfifteenth extraordinary session inOctober 1989 endorsed therecommendations ofitsLegalCommittee anddecided toconvene a diplomatic conference in1990torevisetheAthensConvention. 12.UNCITRAL: draftConvention onLiability ofOperators of Transport Terminals inInternational Trade 90.TheCommission atitstwenty-second session adopted adraftConvention on Liability ofOperators ofTransport Terminals inInternational Trade (A/CN.9/298, annexI).TheCommission submitted thedraftConvention tothe General Assembly witharecommendation thataninternational conference of plenipotentiaries beconvened toconclude aConvention ontheLiability of Operators ofTransport Terminals inInternational Trade. TheGeneral Assembly, byresolution A/44/33 of4December 1989accepted therecommendation oftheCommission anddecided thatadiplomatic conference wouldbeheldfrom 2to19April1991atVienna. 13.IMO:Convention onSalvage 91.TheInternational Convention onSalvage, 1989 was adopted atadiplomatic Conference heldinLondon from17to28April1989(IMOLEG/CONF. 7/26). 14.CMI:carriage ofgoodsbysea 92.TheCMIisgivingconsideration totheproblem ofuniformity ofthelaw ofthecarriage ofgoodsbyseainthe1990sinthelightoftheinternational conventions presently inforce. Astudy,basedontheHague-Visby rules,has beenprepared byanInternational Sub-Committee andwillbesubmitted tothe 34thInternational Conference ofCMIwhichwillbeheldinParisfrom24to29 June1990. 15.CMI:seawaybills 93.ASubcommittee oftheCMIhascompleted preparation ofdraftuniform rulesforincorporation intoseawaybills. Thedraftuniform ruleswillbe presented tothe34thInternational Conference ofCMIwhichwillbeheldin Parisfrom24to29June1990. 16.CMI:electronic transfer ofrightstogoodsintransit 94.ACMIInternational Sub-Committee isconsidering problems arising outof