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Rada ratifies Ukraine joining 1989 international salvage convention
23.03.2017 11:36 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of today, Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) has ratified Ukraine joining the International Convention on Salvage of 1989, Ukrinform reports.
As to the report, a total of 226 MPs voted in favor of this decision.
As to the report, the International Convention on Salvage was developed by the International Maritime Organization and signed in London as of Apr 28, 1989.
«The Convention refers to the most important international treaties that regulate the procedure for providing appropriate assistance to a vessel or any other property in danger in navigable waters,» an explanatory note reads.
At the same time, Ukraine reserves the right not to apply clauses of the Convention: when a rescue operation takes place in the internal waters of Ukraine and all vessels involved in the operation are the vessels of inland navigation; when rescue operations are conducted in the internal waters of Ukraine without the use of watercraft; when all interested parties are citizens or legal entities of Ukraine; when the property in danger is a marine property of cultural, prehistoric, archaeological or historical significance and is at the sea bottom.
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