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2012.
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As the only permanent NATO Headquarters outside Europe, Allied Command Transformation (ACT) contributes to the close transatlantic cohesion between Europe and North America. Being located on US soil, and with strong links to US entities, ACT is well placed to lead NATO's transformation, and to ensure that the Alliance continues to be fit to tackle the security challenges of today and the future.
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175421
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This article provides an assessment of the efficiency and efficacy of Sri Lanka's legislation Marine Pollution Prevention Act No. 35 of 2008 (administered by the Marine Environmental Protection Authority/MEPA), for protecting Sri Lankan waters from pollution. Although there are provisions to control pollution - from ships, harbors/ports, any facility used by ships and offshore petroleum exploration projects - and to deal with offences, imposing both criminal and civil liabilities for offenders, there are some serious loopholes. This includes failure to address land-based pollution sources, unclear provisions for ballast water disposal and no consideration for pollution from other offshore projects, etc. The Act requires significant amendments considering the international conventions pertaining to marine pollution control, both ratified and unratified by Sri Lanka. The success of amending the Act must also be monitored by MEPA with other government agencies implementing the international instruments dealing with marine environmental monitoring ratified by Sri Lanka.
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109590
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2011.
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This article makes a claim for re-engaging the concept of 'act' in the study of securitization. While much has been written about the discursive and communicative aspects of securitizing, the concept of 'act' that contains much of the politicality of the speech-act approach to security has been relatively ignored. The task of re-engaging 'acts' is particularly pertinent in the contemporary context, in which politically salient speech acts are heavily displaced by securitizing practices and devices that appear as banal, little security nothings. The main purpose of the article is to begin the framing of a research agenda that asks what political acts can be in diffuse security processes that efface securitizing speech acts.
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