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SANTIAGO, CHILE, 14 AUGUST, 2002 SANTIAGO DECLARATION 2002
EXPRESS THEIR SATISFACTION AND PRIDE UPON CELEBRATING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SANTIAGO DECLARATION WHICH STIPULATED THE PRINCIPLE OF THE TWO HUNDRED NAUTICAL MILES, PRACTISED WORLDWIDE BY STATES, AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE LAW OF THE SEA. RENDER TRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPERS OF THE PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN THE "SANTIAGO DECLARATION" OF 1952, WHO FIRST DECLARED THE EXISTENCE OF A TWO HUNDRED MILE JURISDICTIONAL MARITIME ZONE, ON THE BASIS OF ECONOMIC AND CONSERVATION GROUNDS, AND WHO WERE TASKED WITH DEFENDING THE RECOGNITION OF SUCH ZONE IN VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL FORUMS UNTIL SET FORTH IN THE NEW LAW OF THE SEA. RENEW THE EFFECTIVENESS AND PROJECTION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DECLARATION, AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS APPROVED FOR THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. FIRMLY SUPPORT THE SUCCESSFUL TASK OF THE PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC, WHICH HAS COORDINATED THE MARITIME POLICIES OF CHILE, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR AND PERU, AND WHOSE PRESENCE IN IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL FORUMS HAS PRODUCED A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT UPON THE EVOLUTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEA, WIDELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GLOBAL OCEANIC POLICY. WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, THE STATES REAFFIRM THEIR AUTHORITY IN THE 200 MILE JURISDICTIONAL ZONE, THE EXERCISE OF THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS THEREIN, AND THEIR RIGHT TO ISSUE THOSE MEASURES REQUIRED FOR THE EXPLORATION, EXPLOITATION, CONSERVATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESOURCES EXISTING THEREIN, IN ACCORDANCE TO GLOBALLY ACCEPTED INSTRUMENTS AND PRACTICES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA. LIKEWISE, THE STATES REITERATE THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OVER THEIR PORTS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING PREFERENTIAL RIGHTS, WHERE APPROPRIATE, IN THE HIGH SEAS. DECIDE THAT THE PRESENCE OF THE CPPS MUST EXTEND ITS INFLUENCE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, GIVEN THE ORGANIZATION'S CAPACITY AS REGIONAL MARITIME AGREEMENT AND STRATEGIC, POLITICAL AND OPERATIONAL STRATEGY IN THE SOUTH EAST PACIFIC. CONGRATULATE ONE ANOTHER FOR THE RECENT INAUGURATION OF THE PERMANENT SEAT OF THE CPPS IN THE CITY OF GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, AS WELL AS FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S RE-STRUCTURING AND MODERNIZATION PROCESS. REITERATE THE CONVENIENCE OF CONTINUING JOINT ACTIONS IN COMPETENT INTERNATIONAL FORUMS, WITH THE AIM OF STRENGTHENING AND CONSOLIDATING THE ORGANIZATION'S PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES, ESTABLISHED AS A REGIONAL MARITIME SYSTEM. HIGHLIGHT THAT THE FIFTY YEARS DURING WHICH THE COASTAL STATES OF THE SOUTHEAST PACIFIC HAVE ADMINISTERED THE TWO HUNDRED MILE MARITIME ZONE, HAVE ALLOWED THIS AREA TO BECOME ONE OF THE LESS CONTAMINATED AREAS OF THE WORLD, WHERE MARINE RESOURCES ARE EXPLOITED IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER. CELEBRATE THE SUBSCRIPTION, IN AUGUST, 2000, OF THE "FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSERVATION OF LIVING MARINE RESOURCES IN THE HIGH SEAS OF THE SOUTHEAST PACIFIC" OR "GALAPAGOS AGREEMENT", WHICH, ONCE STANDING, SHALL BE OPEN TO THE ACCESSION OF THIRD STATES HAVING AN ESTABLISHED INTEREST IN THE AREA OF APPLICATION OF THE AGREEMENT. EXPRESS THAT SUCH AGREEMENT IS A PRINCIPLE PART OF THE REGIONAL MARITIME SYSTEM OF THE SOUTH EAST PACIFIC, DIRECTED TOWARD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HARMONIC REGIME OF CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF LIVING MARINE RESOURCES, IN THE BENEFIT OF THEIR COASTAL POPULATIONS. AGREE THAT THE ORGANIZATION MUST MAINLY FOCUS ITS ACTIVITIES TOWARD THE REGIONAL POLITICAL COORDINATION OF OCEAN RELATED SUBJECT MATTERS, THE IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE "GALAPAGOS AGREEMENT", SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RELATED TO OCEANIC-ATMOSPHERIC ALTERATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE "EL NIÑO" PHENOMENON; ARRANGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACTIONS, THE REGIONAL PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT, OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL-MARINE ZONES, AS WELL AS COOPERATING AND PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY OF ARTISANAL AND INDUSTRIAL FISHING OPERATIONS. EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN OVER THE INCREASE OF ILLICIT ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTH EAST PACIFIC AND DECIDE TO INSTRUCT THEIR MINSTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT, TO PROMOTE INCREASED REGIONAL COORDINATION AND COOPERATION, AT EVERY LEVEL, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PERTINENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, IN ORDER TO ERRADICATE SUCH OPERATIONS. AGREE TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL FISHERIES INDUSTRY UNDER SUSTAINABLE CRITERIA, TRANSFER OF TECNOLOGY, THE PROMOTION OF INVESTMENTS AND THE CONDUCTION OF NEGOTIATION ROUNDS. DECLARE THEIR FIRM DISASGREEMENT WITH THE APPLICATION OF UNILATERAL AND UNJUSTIFIED RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING TRADE OF FISHERIES PRODUCTS AND TOWARD GRANTING OF SUBSIDIES WHICH ENCOURAGE NON-SUSTAINABLE FISHING OPERATIONS. IN ORDER TO FACE SUCH CHALLENGES, THE STATES INSTRUCT THEIR MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY, TO STRENGTHEN THE NEGOTIATION CAPACITIES AND ENSURE THE DESIGN OF A REGIONAL STRATEGY. REITERATE THEIR FULL POLITICAL SUPPORT TOWARD THE ACTION PLAN OF THE SOUTH EAST PACIFIC AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN THIS REGIONAL COOPERATION MECHANISM IN ITS INSTITUTIONAL, LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE OF THE PLAN'S OBJECTIVES. EXPRESS THAT THE SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION MAINTAINED DURING THESE FIFTY YEARS, HAS ALLOWED FOR A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE STATES PARTIES, WHICH COMMITS THEM TO KEEP WORKING JOINTLY ON THE BASIS OF THE COMMON DESTINY OF THEIR NATIONS, THE PROTECTION OF THEIR RESOURCES, AND MARITIME DEVELOPMENT. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU, THE VICE- MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ECUADOR, AND THE VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR MULTILATERAL ISSUES OF COLOMBIA, EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TOWARD THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CHILE, FOR THEIR WARM HOSPITALITY AND FRIENDSHIP, WHICH RENEW THE FRATERNAL RELATIONSHIP AND COOPERATION LINKS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE CPPS. HAVING READ AND APPROVED THIS DECLARATION, IT IS HEREBY SIGNED AT THE CITY OF SANTIAGO ON THE 14TH DAY OF AUGUST OF THE YEAR 2002.
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