Policy+Statements

- Measures to reduce the environmental impact of deep sea extraction of minerals
 * || Deep-sea mining is attracting growing interest from mining companies and could be the prominent global market in upcoming years due to the influx of economic dependency on such industries.
 * Colombia is third in the production of Oil in South America succeeded by Brazil and Venezuela.
 * Produces of 1,000,000 barrels/day
 * 80% of the entire 7.2 billion dollars of foreign direct investment of the country, will flow to oil/deep sea mining industry.


 * Colombian position: Deep-sea mining makes a significant portion of Colombia's national income, therefore its cancellation is only detrimental to Colombian development.

- Measures to improve natural disaster preparedness in LEDCs
 * Monitoring systems for mineral composition.
 * Studies outlining the effect of Colombian
 * incentives for reducing uncertainty and minimizing ecological impacts associated with deep-sea mining. ||
 * Colombia has been subject to many NATURAL DISASTERS, with up to 3,000,000 Colombians being badly affected by heavy rains since the middle of last years.


 * Additional landslides in nine of the country's 32 departments or regions.


 * Given the current tropical climactic conditions in Colombia, the delegation believes that the implementation of nationally-sponsored aid relief programs, or the introduction of foreign aid relief programs in order to combat the perpetual threat

- Giving access to sea to landlocked countries is one of the main issues that the Colombian delegation of

- Instituting port sharing programs

- Redefinition of International Waters - The terms **international waters** or **trans-boundary waters** apply where any of the following types of [|bodies of water] (or their [|drainage basins] ) transcend international boundaries: [|oceans], [|large marine ecosystems] , enclosed or semi-enclosed regional [|seas] and [|estuaries] , [|rivers] , [|lakes] , [|groundwater] systems ( [|aquifers] ), and [|wetlands].

Should be changed to accommodate conflicting needs, and issues.

Colombia has a shared history of tensions with neighboring Venezuela, and many of them