These Proceedings include the invited presentations to the Conference and the results of its deliberations. The document is organized into four sections. The first presents the special addresses provided by the keynote and luncheon speakers. That is followed by all the theme papers. The third part includes the various conference documents and reports which emerged, including the final statement, working group reports, a background document by J. Jaeger and a statement prepared by the non-governmental organizations. The final section consists of a series of appendices presenting other documents pertinent to the Conference, as well as a list of participants and of conference committees and their members.

On 24, 25 and 27 November 1978 a workshop was held in Antalya (Turkey) on marine pollution in the Mediterranean.
Following the precedent of meetings which took place in Athens in 1972, in Monaco in 1974, and finally in Split in 1976, the Antalya meeting was jointly organized by the international Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea and the United Nations Environment Programme on the occasion of the XXVIth Congress-Plenary Assembly of 1.C.S.E.M.
Their intention was to assemble the greatest possible number of scientists specialised in marine pollution in the Mediterranean, especially those working in the framework of the Mediterranean Pollution Monitoring and Research Programme (MED POL).
The workshop covered a vast field of research which was approached from all aspects. Special attention was given to long-term monitoring problems in the marine environment however, legal questions were excluded as well as those concerning waste treatment and disposal technologies.

Part I of this Addendum to the Proceedings of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, 1991) contains all of the reports received from Parties prior to and during that meeting. They have been reproduced in the form in which they were submitted to the Secretariat.
Part II contains the opening statements made at the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties on behalf of governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations.

The multi-stakeholder dialogue focused on the topic “people and pollution”. The session was introduced by five panellists who spoke about how pollution affected their lives and how to identify relevant solutions for various situations and regions. The dialogue focused on root causes for different aspects of pollution and made connections to poverty, the rule of law, women’s rights and human rights. Respondents included ministers and various stakeholders.