The London-based International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations affiliate charged with all maritime shipping and pollution issues, will hold in Santo Domingo next week a regional conference concerning marine pollution caused by ships. Slated to start Monday at the Jaragua Hotel, the meeting will feature top environment and shipping officials from throughout the Greater Caribbean area. They are due to agree on a common strategy to combat pollution from ships and the region’s request for special financial and technical assistance to help all the region’s nations ratify and implement several key IMO treaties, particularly the 1990 International Convention on Oil Pollution, Preparedness, Response and Cooperation ("OPRC").
