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Oil Spill = Reaches=20 Syrian Coastline

First=20 Satellite Imagery Shows that Oil Spill Reaches = Syrian=20 Coastline=20

Access is Needed for Immediate = Clean-up=20

2 August 2006, Nairobi/Athens =97 The = oil spill=20 that has already polluted over 80 kilometres of = the=20 Lebanese coastline has reached the Syrian = coastline and=20 is spreading further north. Satellite imagery = from the=20 European Commission (EC) now shows that the oil = slick=20 has entered Syrian waters and has already = contaminated=20 approximately 10 kilometres of coastline north = of the=20 borders between Syria and Lebanon.=20

=93It is nearly three weeks since the bombing = of the=20 power plant and the initial satellite imagery=20 unfortunately confirms that the oil spill is of = a=20 significant magnitude and spreading. A = coordinated=20 response must urgently be allowed to proceed, so = that we=20 can limit the immediate environmental damage as = well as=20 the longer terms implications for the economy = and the=20 Lebanese people=94, said United Nations=20 Under-Secretary-General Achim Steiner, the = Executive=20 Director of UNEP, speaking from Nairobi.=20

=93Now it has become even more vital to take = immediate=20 action. In addition to the humanitarian = circumstances,=20 an environmental catastrophe is threatening the=20 Mediterranean region=94, said Mr Paul Mifsud, = the=20 Coordinator of the United Nations Environment = Programme=20 - Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP-MAP). = =93Hostilities=20 must cease to guarantee immediate safe access to = the=20 affected area=94.=20

In a letter addressed to UNEP-MAP in Athens = today,=20 the Syrian Minister of Local Administration and=20 Environment Mr Helal Al-Atrash asked UNEP-MAP = =93to send=20 professional companies to control the spilled = oil on the=20 shoreline and territorial waters [=85] and to = send experts=20 for the assessment of environmental degradation = costs=94.=20

The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency = Response=20 Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC), one = of=20 UNEP-MAP=92s Regional Activities Centres, has = requested=20 the Government of Cyprus to run a spill forecast = model,=20 called MEDSLIK. Developed specifically for the = eastern=20 Mediterranean, it can provide indication whether = or not=20 a part of the oil could reach other = Mediterranean=20 coastal States, north of Lebanon.=20

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The analysis is conducted by the = Oceanographic Centre=20 of Cyprus, and initial results show that 80% of = the oil=20 remains on and off the Lebanese shoreline, while = only=20 less than 20% evaporated.=20

Following a request of support to the = Contracting=20 Parties to the Barcelona Convention, REMPEC has = already=20 received replies from nine entities offering = assistance:=20 Algeria, Cyprus, the European Commission, = France,=20 Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain and Syria.=20

Meanwhile, REMPEC officially placed its = Mediterranean=20 Assistance Unit (MAU) on stand-by and is = preparing for=20 the mission of a senior expert to the affected = area, as=20 soon as security clearance is received.=20

Notes to Editors:=20

Images by the EC Civil Protection Unit can be = downloaded from the following website:=20 =

http://www.zki.dlr.de/applications/2006/lebanon/lebanon_2006_en.html=20

As far as movement of any possible oil slick = at sea=20 is concerned, satellite images have been = obtained from=20 several sources. However, the initial results = and the=20 satellite images currently available should only = be=20 considered as an indication at this stage.=20

The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency = Response=20 Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC) is one = of the=20 MAP Regional Activities Centres and is based in = Malta.=20 It is jointly administered by the UN = International=20 Maritime Organization and UNEP-MAP. For further=20 information please contact Luisa Colasimone, = UNEP/MAP,=20 +30 6 949 122 746=20

REMPEC helps Mediterranean coastal states = build up=20 their national prevention and response = capabilities to=20 be prepared for major marine pollution = incidents, in=20 accordance with Article 10 of the 1976 Emergency = Protocol, and Article 12 of 2002 Prevention and=20 Emergency Protocol of the Barcelona Convention.. =

The Convention for the Protection of the = Marine=20 Environment and the Coastal Region of the = Mediterranean=20 =96 also known as the Barcelona Convention - is = the legal=20 framework for the implementation of the = Mediterranean=20 Action Plan with a Secretariat based in Athens.=20

The Barcelona Convention was adopted by the=20 Mediterranean Countries and the European = Community in=20 1976 in order to coordinate their activities and = take=20 all appropriate measures to prevent, abate = combat and=20 eliminate pollution of the Mediterranean sea and = enhance=20 the marine and coastal environment so as to = contribute=20 towards sustainable development.=20

For More Information Please Contact Nick = Nuttall,=20 UNEP Spokesperson, on Tel: +254 20 7623084 or = E-mail:=20 nick.nuttall@unep.org=20

Or Elisabeth Waechter, Associate Media = Officer, on=20 Tel: +254 20 7623088, E-mail:=20 Elisabeth.waechter@unep.org=20

UNEP News Release 2006/38=20

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