Legal Status of The Regional Activity Centres (RACs) Under the Institutional Structure of Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)

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One of the tools of Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) for providing States to fulfill their obligations under the Barcelona Convention and its Additional Protocols is Regional Activity centres (RACs) in the framework of the Regional Seas Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Yet today the UNEP-MAP system includes not only the conventional obligations of Contracting Parties but also the decisions taken by the Parties, the plans and programs and strategies they have adopted. The fulfillmentof all these requires legal, institutional, technical, scientific and technological capacity. At this point, Regional Activity Centres support States to fulfill their obligations within the UNEP-MAP system and carry out important functions in their fields of work. Determining the legal basis for the work of Regional Activity Centres will clarify their functions in the implementation of the MAP and will shed light on the establishment and execution of similar centres in other fields

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Regional Activity Centres
• Mediterranean Action Plan
• International law

Akdeniz Eylem Planı (AEP) Kurumsal Yapısı Altındaki Bölgesel Faaliyet Merkezlerinin (BFM) Hukuki Statüsü

Öz

Akdeniz Eylem Planı (AEP) çerçevesinde, Devletlerin Barselona Sözleşmesi ve Ek Protokolleri kapsamındaki yükümlülüklerini yerine getirmelerini sağlamaya yönelik araçlarından biri, Birleşmiş Milletler Çevre Programı'nın (BMÇP) Bölgesel Denizler Programı çerçevesindeki Bölgesel Faaliyet Merkezleridir (BFM’ler). Günümüzde BMÇP-AEP sistemi, yalnızca Akit Tarafların konvansiyonel yükümlülüklerini değil, aynı zamanda Tarafların aldıkları kararları, benimsedikleri plan, program ve stratejileri de içermektedir. Tüm bunların yerine getirilmesi hukuki, kurumsal, teknik, bilimsel ve teknolojik kapasiteyi gerektirmektedir. Bu noktada Bölgesel Faaliyet Merkezleri, Devletlerin BMÇP-AEP sistemi kapsamındaki yükümlülüklerini ifa etmelerine destek olmakta ve kendi çalışma alanları çerçevesinde önemli işlevleri yerine getirmektedirler. Bölgesel Faaliyet Merkezlerinin çalışmalarının hukuki dayanağının belirlenmesi, AEP'nin uygulanmasındaki işlevlerine açıklık getirecek ve diğer alanlarda da benzer merkezlerin kurulmasına ve yürütülmesine ışık tutacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Bölgesel Faaliyet Merkezleri
• Akdeniz Eylem Planı
• Uluslararası Hukuk

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