The Fijian Parliament Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence is undertaking a review of the proposal by the Government of the Republic of Fiji to ratify the following treaties or conventions:
- International Mobile Satellite Organisation 1976
- International Convention on Salvage 1989
- International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments 2004
- International Convention for the Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (2001)
- International Convention on the Control of Antifouling Systems on Ships (2001)
- Protocol Preparedness Response and Cooperation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances (2009)
- Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (1965)
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78)
Members of the public are encouraged to make written submissions on the above. For further information please contact the Committee Secretary (Kalo) through email ktakape@parliament.gov.fj or telephone contact 3225609.