In preparation for the Digital 30th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference on 30 August 2021, the BSPC’s Rapporteur on Sea Dumped Munitions, MP Peter Stein, has issued his report, which deals with dumped munitions and unexploded ordnance in the Baltic Sea.
This report builds on the interim report from last year.
The report provides a general overview of the current situation, parliamentary and governmental activities, and existing challenges in dealing with the legacy, present new developments and findings in technological and scientific terms, and provide insight into the current state of the art.
Following the 28th and 29th BSPC resolutions, a conclusion is drawn on the state of implementation. Finally, the Rapporteur elaborates a proposal on how the existing knowledge and technology can be used efficiently by the Baltic Sea countries to solve the problem of sea-dumped munitions and unexploded ordnance in the Baltic Sea with a variety of links to additional materials.
The report can be downloaded here and on the Rapporteurs’ webpage.