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Articles

The United Nations Regional Seas Programme: General Guides and Principles

Pages 37-58 | Published online: 23 Jan 2013
 

Abstract

The UNEP Regional Seas Programme (RSP) has evolved into an inter-national management regime with over 120 nations participating. It has resulted in the development or near development of eleven action plans which address a variety of coastal and water resource issues and problems. The RSP is described in terms of a typology of inherent programme facilitators and resistances. These positive and negative attributes are related to programme structure, United Nations affiliation, and the vagaries of international cooperation. Potential transfer of this management model to the Arctic Ocean is briefly addressed.

Le Programme Mers Régionales (PMR) constitue maintenant un véritable régime international d’aménagement auquel participent plus de cent-vingt nations. Il a, à son actif, l’aboutissement - ou quasi aboutissement - de onze actions concertées, visant divers problèmes et questions relatives aux régions côtières et aux ressources en eau. Le PMR est analysé ici à travers une typologie de ses caractères propres, facilitant ou restreignant le déroulement de ces actions. Ces éléments positifs ou négatifs sont liés à la structure du programme, à l’éventuelle affiliation aux Nations Unies et à la vicissitude de la coopération internationale. On envisage ensuite brièvement les possibilités de transposer ce modèle d’aménagement a l’Océan Arctique.

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