Report of the 19th Session of GESAMP, 1989

The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine pollution (GESAMP) held its nineteenth session at UNEP's Co-ordinating Unit of the Mediterranean Action Plan, Athens from 8-12 May 1989.

  • 1989 #37 (60p.)
  • Author(s): GESAMP
  • Publisher(s): UNEP
  • Journal Series Reports and Studies

The agenda for the meeting comprised of:

1. Adoption of the Agenda

2. Review of potentially harmful substances

2.1 carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic substances

2.2 chlorinated hydrocarbons

2.3 oil, including used lubricating oils, oil spill dispersants and chemicals used in offshore exploration and exploitation

3. Evaluation of the hazards of harmful substances carried by ships

4. Interchange of pollutants between the atmosphere and the oceans.

5. Coastal modelling

6. State of the marine environment.

7. Long-term ecological consequences of low-level contamination of the marine environment.

8. Future work programme.

9. Date and place of next session.

10. Other matters.

11. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the next intersessional period and for the twentieth session.

12. Consideration and approval of the report of the nineteenth session.

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