Sixth Meeting of The Contracting Parties To The Convention For Cooperation in the Protection And Development of The Marine And Coastal Environment of the West And Central African Region

The Abidjan Convention and its Emergency Protocol constitute the legal component of the West and Central African (WACAF) Action Plan. The Convention expresses the legal commitment of the Governments of the WACAF region (Mauritania to South Africa) to deal individually and jointly with common marine and coastal environmental problems. The Emergency Protocol was designed with an orientation towards combating and operationally responding to marine pollution in case of emergency.