Reviewing+the+International+Convention+on+Oil+Pollution+Preparedness,+Response+and+Co-operation+(OPRC)

1. main points to consider about the issue - in your own words (make this v brief - it can be bulleted or listed) 2. what the international community has already done to address this issue (treaties, resolutions, conferences etc.) (again keep this brief - it can be bulleted or listed) 3. your country's point of view about this issue and reasons for this point of view (what has been said by leaders, action already taken, views of allies etc.) 4. at least three solutions that your country would propose to address this issue (these then serve as ideas for your clauses on this issue) Clauses
 * More transparency is necessary between nations and private-maritime based organizations to prevent oil pollution
 * Multiple oil spills in the past couple of years have shown the discrepancies in the OPRC
 * The Merchant Shipping (Implementation of Ship-Source Pollution Directive) Regulations 2009
 * Requires more extensive inspections of merchant ships, their engines and cargo
 * OSPAR Recommendation 2010/18 on the prevention of significant acute oil pollution from offshore drilling activities
 * Requires inspections on already existing maritime oil facilities and upgrading the equipment to the listed standard.
 * Colombia strongly supports the OPRC efforts
 * It has extensive initiatives concerning northeast Coast of the Pacific and Southeast coast of the Caribbean Sea which have to do with preserving the natural state of marine biology in the area
 * A more extensive way of monitoring the state of marine life is necessary
 * More initiatives are required concerning the biodiversity of the Pacific and the effects of the oil spills as well as how to reverse the potential disruptions to the habitat
 * More transparency and co-operation between private maritime based companies and countries is necessary to maintain OPRC regulation

Urges for the creation of a standard procedure concerning the monitoring of off shore drilling facilities in order to Calls for states with off shore drilling facilities in their assigned MPA to enforce the OSPAR recommendations on upgrading off shore drilling facilities to the given standard, in order to
 * 1) Increase the adherence to OPRC regulations by privately owned maritime oil drilling organizations
 * 2) Decrease chances of potential oil spills through increased transparency between drilling operations and MPA covering states
 * 3) Increase preparedness for potential accidents
 * 1) Decrease the chance of acute oil spills
 * 2) Increase the safety factor of oil drilling facilities