[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: International Dialogues on Underwater Munitions (IDUM)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

From: 	Long, Terry <Terry.Long@uxb.com>


Call for Abstracts - Papers
International Dialogues on Underwater Munitions (IDUM)
Marine Technology Society (MTS) Journal
On the Legacy of Underwater Munitions



Munitions can be found in every ocean of the world including many of our
lakes, rivers and streams. Munitions can be found in a reservoir in
Jakarta, Indonesia to the pristine lakes of the Swiss Alps at the foot
of the Edger to the Great Lakes of North America or the Ataractic, Black
or Baltic Seas. In total more than 40 countries are concerned including
Baltic countries where the Baltic Sea requires special considerations
due to its small size, shallow depth, young geologically age and almost
stagnant waters. Some experts believe munitions dumped or abandoned in
the Baltic Sea are much higher than reported and that conventional
munitions have a greater impact on human health and the environment than
chemical munitions and have mainly gone unrecorded.  No new dump sites
or information have been reported in recent years.

In November, 2010, I was invited with Dr. Paul Walker of Global Green
Cross, USA by the Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Nations to speak
at the Sixty-fifth Session, Second Committee on Sustainable Development
on behalf of the Draft UN Resolution on Chemical Munitions Dumped at
Sea. The UN Resolution was tabled at the UN and championed
internationally by the Lithuanian Diplomatic Community. They should be
praised for their hard work and dedication. The UN Resolution calls for:
Cooperative measures to assess and increase awareness of environmental
effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at
sea. The Resolution was unanimously passed by the UN General Assembly in
December 2010. The Resolution has created a strong need to collect,
process and disseminates information on Sea Dumping’s multilaterally to
gain a true understanding of the scope.

The UN Resolution includes but is not limited to: Noting that Member
States, international and regional organizations and civil society have
undertaken activities to discuss the issues related to waste originating
from chemical munitions dumped at sea and to promote international
cooperation and exchange of experience and practical knowledge; Noting
also the concerns about the potential long-term environmental effects
related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea,
including their potential impact on human health; Notes the importance
of raising awareness of the environmental effects related to waste
originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea; Invites Member States
and international and regional organizations to keep under observation
the issue of the environmental effects related to waste originating from
chemical munitions dumped at sea, to cooperate and voluntarily share
relevant information on this issue; and Invites the Secretary-General to
seek the views of Member States and relevant regional and international
organizations on issues related to the environmental effects of waste
originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea, as well as on
possible modalities for international cooperation to assess and increase
awareness on this issue and to circulate such views to the General
Assembly at its sixty-eighth session for further consideration.

The Third International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions
www.underwatermunitions.org <http://www.underwatermunitions.org>  is
issuing a Call for Abstracts for the next Dialogue in Sopot, Poland from
the 14 - 15 April, 2011. The International Advisory Board on Dumped
Munitions (IABDM) in The Hague which also functions as the International
Advisory Board to the IDUM’s will review and select the abstracts that
will be presented at the Third International Dialogue. Some abstracts
presented at the Dialogue will be chosen by the IABDM for further
presentation as Papers in the Marine Technology Society Journal’s
Special Issue on the Legacy of Underwater Munitions: The Science,
Technology and Policy of Underwater Munitions www.mtsjournal.org/
<http://www.mtsjournal.org/>. The MTS Journal is the International,
Interdisciplinary Society Devoted to Oceans and Marine Engineering,
Science, and Policy.  Special Editors for the issue are Geoffrey Carton,
Senior Analyst for Calibre Systems, USA and I.  If space is available
additional consideration for Papers will be given to previous
presentations at the IDUM’s in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA and the Underwater Conference in Neumunster,
Germany in 2010 for: Minimizing Risks for the Environment in Marine
Ammunition Removal in the Baltic and North Seas. The IABDM values
everyone’s input and may consider additional manuscripts and
commentaries for technology, research, assessment, strategies to
mitigate adverse environmental impacts; and cases studies from
individuals, groups and organizations.

Your input is important to help better understand the potential impacts
on human health and the environment associated with all classes of
marine dumped munitions. The information presented will be reviewed and
considered by the IABDM to assist the Board to report to the Sixty-Eight
Session of the General Assembly.  Abstracts for posters and presentation
for the IDUM that will be considered for the MTS Journal are being
accepted for review by the IABDM through February 28, 2011 and should be
submitted to terry@underwatermunitions.org
<mailto:terry@underwatermunitions.org>. Thank you for your time and
consideration. I look forward to your quality Abstracts and Papers.



Terrance P. Long CPSM. SSM. CD.
Chairman, IDUM
1-902-574-7420 Canada



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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