02 September 2015, 11:29
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted the law "On joining the Protocol of amendments into the Convention on the International hydrographic organization."
The International Hydrographic Organization is an intergovernmental consultative and technical organization that was established in 1921 to support safety of navigation and the protection of the marine environment.
The object of the Organization is to bring about: the coordination of the activities of national hydrographic offices; the greatest possible uniformity in nautical charts and documents; the adoption of reliable and efficient methods of carrying out and exploiting hydrographic surveys; the development of the sciences in the field of hydrography and the techniques employed in descriptive oceanography.
Respective draft law was registered under No. 0050.