Kuwait Convention

The Kuwait Convention is the Regional Convention for Cooperation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution covering the ROPME Sea Area, adopted in 1978 and in force in 1979 under the UNEP Regional Seas Programme. It binds eight states, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, to coordinate protection of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. The Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) serves as secretariat. Protocols address oil and emergency pollution, seabed activities, transboundary movement of wastes, and land-based sources in waters under heavy tanker traffic.