text: neceasary for evaluating the health of the oceans. Ehe sork of GEEP is associated uith that of developing guidelines for itetermining the sensltivlty of sPeclfic areas to rnari.ne pollution. This activity 15 regulated by articlea 194 (5! and 211 t5) deallng r,itb speclal areas of the narlne envltonnent, anal article 201 of the convention on the Law of the Sea lrhlch calls for the establishnent of approprlate sclentific crlteria for the formulation anal elaboratlon of rulea, standards and r ecodlended practice and procedures. I02. uonitoring is partlcularly inportant for the effective apP!'icatlon of dut ping instrunents. Indeeat, the Ninth consul,tative Meeting of contracting Partles to the Ipndon DuFping convention haa recently agred that it flas importanc to clarlfy thaE the purpose of nonitoring iras to denonstrate that dunping actlvlties ttere belng carried out in conpliance vrith the Convention. Ehe IOC and the Iondon Dumping ConvenElon Parties.t|iLl intensify co-opefatlon on matters such aa pollution nonttorlng and iEs regulrenents, effects studles, developrnent of inEernationally accepted nethods for pollutlon analysls, aBaessmen! of Che health of the oceans and of Ehe vulnerability of marine areas. L03. For the purpo€es of its new Reviaetl Definltion and ReconnendatlonE (see para. 6l above), and for itE current consideratlon of the glgl$b level of radioactlvlty b€lou rhlch aubatances can be regarded ag non-radioactive for the purposes of the london Dumping Convention, IAEA has a partlcular lnterest in the coastal modelllng sork of GESA!,IP. That rork i3 to evaluate Che state of the art of coastal ( inclutling continental shelf) nodelling relevanb to waste tllsposal ln such waterst to tletertine r,hat parameterE are Eite-sgecific and ehat are geneElc to a nunber of coastal situationet and to nake recoflunendations as to the tyPes of noalels 'approprlate for speciflc coastal sltuahlons. I04. Hydrography. Ilyalrographlc eurveying and naucicaL charllng play an lmportant
analysis: The text appears to be discussing scientific research and international cooperation related to the health of the oceans, pollution monitoring, and coastal modeling. The language used is technical and specialized, indicating a focus on scientific and environmental issues. The text also mentions international agreements and conventions, suggesting that it is related to international cooperation and governance.