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 Assessment status of marine pollution due to explosion and fire break out in the Petrochem Zone at Bandar Imam Khomeini, South-West Iran  POSTPONED: Training Course on the Analyses of Dioxins and Furans in Marine Environment (22-26 May 2016). New schedule to be announced soon.  Annual celebration of the 2016 Environment Day of the Region on 24 April 2016  Algal Bloom Activity Off-Muscat and Ras El Hadd Coasts (January 2016)  ROPME-EPA Meeting held on 22 December 2015  Signing of MOU between ROPME and JICA on 2 November 2014  16th Ordinary Meeting of the Council, ROPME, 28 Nov 2013, Jeddah, KSA  32nd Meeting of the Executive Committee - EXCOM, 27 Nov 2013. Jeddah, KSA  17th Meeting of the Senior Executives Steering Committee - SESCOM, ROPME. Nov 24-25, 2013, Jeddah, KSA
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16th Ordinary Meeting of the Council, Nov. 28, 2013 MOU between ROPME and JICA |
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Establishment of ROPME
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The Regional Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas of Bahrain, I.R. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates was convened in Kuwait from 15-23 April 1978. The Conference adopted on 23 April 1978 the Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas, the Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution, and the Protocol concerning Regional Co-operation in Combating Pollution by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency.) |
ROPME SEA AREA (RSA)
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Since its establishment, ROPME has provided technical coordination to the Kuwait Action Plan (KAP) and assisted its eight Member States in the implementation of the Convention and its Protocols, as well as a number of projects, covering environmental assessment and environmental management, including public awareness and training.
ROPME Sea Area (referred to as the Kuwait Action Plan Region in the past) is the sea area surrounded by the eight Member States of ROPME: Bahrain, I.R. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The term "ROPME Sea Area" was coined by Plenipotentiaries of the Member States to achieve unanimity in denoting the area covered by the Kuwait Regional Convention of 1978. It in fact reflects the goodwill of the Member States to cooperate in protecting their common marine environment in spite of the existing geopolitical boundaries.
According to Article II of the Kuwait Regional Convention, the ROPME Sea Area (RSA) is defined as extending between the following geographic latitudes and longitudes, respectively: 16°39'N, 53°3'30''E; 16°00'N, 53°25'E; 17°00'N, 56°30'E; 20°30'N, 60°00'E; 25°04'N, 61°25'E.
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Bulletins
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 Scientific Committee Meeting on Monitoring and Assessment of Sand and Dust Storms in ROPME Sea Area (26-28 September 2016)  POSTPONED: Training Course on the Analyses of Dioxins and Furans in Marine Environment (22-26 May 2016). New schedule to be announced soon.  H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awadi speaks during the opening of the Environment Day of the Region 2016  First Scientific Committee Meeting for the Four Season Oceanographic Cruise -2016
Doha, State of Qatar
13-14 September 2015  Regional Training Course on the Analyses of Marine Algal Toxins
Bandar Abbas, I.R. Iran
31 August - 3 September 2015  Students from Um Athiya Al Ansaria School of Girls in Kuwait perform during the celebration of the Env Day of the Region 2016
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