In preparing action plans, programmes and measures, the Parties, in conformity with the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, adopted at Washington, D.C., in 1995, will give priority to substances that are toxic, persistent and liable to bioaccumulate, in particular to persistent organic pollutants (POPs), as well as to wastewater treatment and management.
Pri pripravi akcijskih načrtov in programov ter ukrepov Pogodbenice v skladu s Svetovnim akcijskim programom za varstvo morskega okolja pred kopenskimi dejavnostmi, sprejetim v Washintonu, D. C., leta 1995, dajo prednost snovem, ki so strupene, obstojne in se lahko bioakumulirajo, zlasti obstojnim organskim onesnaževalom (POP) kakor tudi obdelavi in upravljanju odpadne vode