Capacity building for the production of nautical charts

More is at stake than maritime interests.

Scope of application draft article 3 (1) (a) and (b) refer to liner services as well as to non liner services because certain forms of charter parties (such as slot charters and space charters) and volume contracts are regularly used in liner services.

(c) subject to paragraph 2, other contracts in non liner services.

Air arrivals reached 194,000 in 2003 and stop over arrivals by boats accounted for a further 256,000 visitors.

In addition, definitions of liner service and non liner service were proposed for inclusion in the definition section at article 1 of the draft instrument in order to clarify scope of application draft article 3, below.

I. Non mandatory application of the draft instrument to service contracts OLSAs

It is essential for financial institutions to provide resources for the transition to electronic nautical charts.

The typical Chinese navigational compass was in the form of a magnetic needle floating in a bowl of water.

Support was expressed for this approach to OLSAs in the draft instrument.

Thus article 15 of the Statute on the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern (1922) provides that

Aid Works

In return for its help, Pakistan received large doses of economic and military assistance.

Article 4, paragraph 1 Relation to the Convention on the Law of Non navigational Uses of International Watercourses, 1997

Accordingly, the Egyptian Government would ensure freedom of navigation through the Canal, while stressing that the Egyptian Government had sovereign control over the Canal.

Facilitation of technical assistance

Assistance and cooperation

Humanitarian access

Look U.S. aid, helping people is not easy, and there have been books that have criticized U.S. aid.

The Convention on the Law of the Non navigational Uses of International Watercourses (1997) provides as follows in article 29

In recent years, the USG has increased its emphasis on financial rather than technical assistance.

But help was coming.

counter terrorism.

Aid has increased significantly.

Most foreign aid programs with the sole exception of Britain s have dwindled or been eliminated altogether.

The increased sophistication of traditional wooden dhows compounded by their lack of regulation and proper registration (at least in Somalia) has made them the mode of choice for arms embargo violators, in particular for arms originating from a neighbouring Gulf State.

Aid flows should be predictable and aligned with countries' needs.

But outside help is essential.

Why Development Aid is Not Enough

The number of social assistance recipients has declined.

Medical and other assistance is needed to treat the overwhelming numbers of victims.

In response, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party established a Working Team on the Protection of Maritime Interests.

Another advantage was said to be that the concept of volume contracts was preferable to that of OLSAs, as it was a broader and more universal concept.

2. This Instrument applies to contracts of carriage in non liner services under which the carrier issues a transport document or an electronic record that

71. Recognizes that national Governments have primary responsibility for coordinating external assistance, including that from the United Nations system, and evaluating the impact of its contribution to national priorities

Aid for health has worked.

That does not mean cutting foreign aid.

We will finish the ones that we just received within a week.

A critical element of this training concerns ways of identifying the technical assistance needs of Member States and facilitating the provision of such assistance.

In 1968, British workmen entered what Bates claimed to be his territorial waters in order to service a navigational buoy near the platform.

The main bridge span had to be removed in one piece in order not to block the main shipping canal leading to the port of Tampa.

In particular, common carriage transactions in non liner trades in which a bill of lading is issued should continue to be governed by the draft instrument.

Assistance to non governmental organizations should be expanded, and US assistance also should be targeted toward small farmers and small and medium sized businesses.

Such a drafting approach was also said to be favourable in that it obviated the need for a definition of OLSAs, which had been an issue of some concern in the Working Group.

Issue 1 Should OLSAs be included within the scope of application of the draft instrument as volume contracts, the inclusion of which would be determined by the character of the individual shipments thereunder?