Transcript first hemispheric conference on port environmental protection

FIRST HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE
ON
PORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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The United States is committed to protecting the oceans and to
working with our international partners in the Western Hemisphere to
promote all the basic elements of “environmental ports” around the
globe.
•
The United States joins the other OAS Member States and thanks the
Government of Panama, the OAS, and the Secretariat of the InterAmerican Committee on Ports (CIP) for their hard work in organizing
this First Hemispheric Conference on Environmental Port Protection.
•
The U.S. delegation wants to ensure that the OAS Member States
consider protecting human health as a significant component in the
overall management of port activities.
FIRST HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE
ON
PORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
•
The United States is committed to protecting the oceans and to
working with our international partners in the Western Hemisphere to
promote all the basic elements of “environmental ports” around the
globe.
•
The United States joins the other OAS Member States and thanks the
Government of Panama, the OAS, and the Secretariat of the InterAmerican Committee on Ports (CIP) for their hard work in organizing
this First Hemispheric Conference on Environmental Port Protection.
•
The U.S. delegation wants to ensure that the OAS Member States
consider protecting human health as a significant component in the
overall management of port activities.