text: Committee onShipping requested theSecretary-General ofUNCTADtoconvene a groupofexperts topropose anappropriate framework andmodalities of interregional co-operation inthefieldofshipping services, takinginto account therecommendations andpriorities established bytheadhoc Intergovernmental GroupofSeniorOfficials onCo-operation amongDeveloping Countries inShipping PortsandMultimodal Transport initsresolution 1(1) (TD/B/C.4/AC.9/4). The Group ofExperts elaborated recommendations onthe framework andmodalities ofinterregional co-operation inshipping services andfocused onthreemaintopics: (a)identification ofpossible areasof co-operation, (b)defining appropriate institutional framework andmechanisms fordeveloping andpromoting co-operation, and(c)identifying mainobstacles toprerequisites forsuccessful co-operative arrangements. Inthose recommendations, whichwillbepresented tothefourteenth session ofthe Committee onShipping inJune1990,theGroupidentified anumberofpossible areasinwhichdeveloping countries couldco-operate, suchas: (a)Co-operation inoperational activities: central freight booking, pooling ofcargoes andshipping space,jointventures, information exchange, multinational companies, research anddevelopment, establishment of multimodal transport operators, co-operation inmanning, jointfinancing, determination ofbaseports/transhipment ports,shiprepair andbuilding upofappropriate computer systems; (b)Co-operation intraining, transfer ofknow-how; (c)Co-operation inpolicymatters: planning andpolicyformulation, legislation, harmonization andsimplification ofprocedures; (d)Institutional structure: subregional/regional co-operation, interregional co-operation. 10.UNCTAD/ICC: Uniform RulesonMultimodal Transport 88.TheUNCTAD Committee onShipping instructed theUNCTADSecretariat to produce amultimodal transport document basedontheHague-Visby Rules. The UNCTADSecretariat, incloseco-operation withICCandFIATA,isnowinthe process ofdrafting newuniform rulesformultimodal transport toreplace the existing ICCUniform Rules.A/CN.9/336 English Page32 11.IMO:reV1Slon oftheAthensConvention Relating to theCarriage ofPassengers andtheirLuggage bySea,1974 89.TheIMOCouncil atitsfifteenth extraordinary session inOctober 1989 endorsed therecommendations ofitsLegalCommittee anddecided toconvene a diplomatic conference in1990torevisetheAthensConvention. 12.UNCITRAL: draftConvention onLiability ofOperators of Transport Terminals inInternational Trade 90.TheCommission atitstwenty-second session adopted adraftConvention on Liability ofOperators ofTransport Terminals inInternational Trade (A/CN.9/298, annexI).TheCommission submitted thedraftConvention tothe General Assembly witharecommendation thataninternational conference of plenipotentiaries beconvened toconclude aConvention ontheLiability of Operators ofTransport Terminals inInternational Trade. TheGeneral Assembly, byresolution A/44/33 of4December 1989accepted therecommendation oftheCommission anddecided thatadiplomatic conference wouldbeheldfrom 2to19April1991atVienna. 13.IMO:Convention onSalvage 91.TheInternational Convention onSalvage, 1989 was adopted atadiplomatic Conference heldinLondon from17to28April1989(IMOLEG/CONF. 7/26). 14.CMI:carriage ofgoodsbysea 92.TheCMIisgivingconsideration totheproblem ofuniformity ofthelaw ofthecarriage ofgoodsbyseainthe1990sinthelightoftheinternational conventions presently inforce. Astudy,basedontheHague-Visby rules,has beenprepared byanInternational Sub-Committee andwillbesubmitted tothe 34thInternational Conference ofCMIwhichwillbeheldinParisfrom24to29 June1990. 15.CMI:seawaybills 93.ASubcommittee oftheCMIhascompleted preparation ofdraftuniform rulesforincorporation intoseawaybills. Thedraftuniform ruleswillbe presented tothe34thInternational Conference ofCMIwhichwillbeheldin Parisfrom24to29June1990. 16.CMI:electronic transfer ofrightstogoodsintransit 94.ACMIInternational Sub-Committee isconsidering problems arising outof
analysis: The text appears to be focused on international cooperation and standardization in the shipping industry, discussing various conventions, agreements, and regulations related to multimodal transport, liability, salvage, and other aspects of shipping. This suggests that the category should be related to transport and communication.