1997 PROTOCOL AMENDING THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973, AS AMENDED BY THE 1978 PROTOCOL THE PARTIES TO THIS PROTOCOL, BEING Parties to the 1978 Protocol relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, RECOGNIZING the need to prevent and contain air pollution caused by ships, RECALLING Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in favor of the application of the precautionary approach, CONSIDERING that the most effective way to achieve this objective is the conclusion of a 1997 Protocol amending the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended by the 1978 Protocol, AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
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