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83 the Contracting Parties at a latter date (eg the 198 Cartagena
Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine
Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region). Although we have not
yet had to face the question of contributions to such agreements,
we shall soon need to.
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[WIAD:
Is this right? What about Montserrat, BVI and Anguilla
contributions to OECS etc?]
The dilemma we face in these circumstances is that the UK has no
direct interest in the regional agreement (ie the UK metropolitan
territory is not within its geographical scope and it is outside
the scope of the budgets for the Whitehall departments who may
lead for the UK on the subject matter). Who should meet the
financial contribution under such an agreement, the UK or the
Dependent Territories included in our ratification?
responsible, as the Contracting Party, should the UK reclaim the
cost from the Dependent Territories? If so, on what basis would
the cost be apportioned? The UK, where it is the Contracting
Party, would be responsible in the case of default.
If the UK is
13. The discussion in earlier paragraphs concerning Dependent
Territory compliance with treaty obligations also applies to
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