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4. Trail Smelter Case (U.S. v. Canada), 3 U.N.R.I.A.A. 1965 (1941)

5. This principle has been widely recognized by writers. See, e.g., L.F.E. Goldie, A General View of International Environmental Law. A Survey of Capabilities, Trends and Limits, 68–69 (R.C.A.D.I., Collogium 1973); A. Kiss, La Lutte Contre La Pollution de ľ Air sur le Plan International, id., at 174; P. Dupuy,International Responsibility of States for Damage Caused by Transfrontier Pollution, in O.E.C.D., Legal Aspects of transfrontier Pollution 374–375 (1977); E. Klein, Umweltschutz im Völkerrechtlichen Nachbarrecht 241–245 (1976); A. Rest, Responsibility and Liability for Transboundary Air pollution Damage, in C. Flinterman, B. Kwiatkowska &; J.G. Lammers (eds.), Transboundary Air Pollution, International Legal Aspects of the Cooperation of States 308 (1986).

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15. 1974 U.N.Y.B. 407.

16. 1982 U.N.Y.B. 1024.

17. 1974 Council Recommendation, 14 I.L.M. 242 (1975).

18. Resolution No. 4 (68), European Yearbook 381 (1968).

19. Para. 3(D), 1980 Y.B. I.L.C..

20. 13 I.L.M.591 (1974).

21. 21 I.L.M. 1311 (1982).

22. See also Art. 2 of the I.L.I. Resolution, in: 62 A.I.D.I.297 (1987); and Art. 3 of the International Law Association Montreal Rules, International Law Association, Montreal Rules of International Law Applicable to Transfrontier Pollution, Report of the Sixtieth Conference (1982).

23. B. Bothe, Developments and Problems of Co-oporation with regard to Transboundary Air Pollution in Western Europe, in C. Flinterman, B. Kwiatkowska & J.G. Lammers (eds.), supra note 5, at 21.

24. J.G. Lammers, Pollution of International Watercourses 250 (1980). Other similar examples of state practice in Europe are reported in: I.H. Van Lier, Acid Rain and International Law 116–117 (1983), and J.G. Lammers, id. at 224.

25. Rest, Responsibility and Liability for Transboundary Air Pollution Damage, in C. Flinterman, B.Kwiatkowska & J.G. Lammers, supra note 5, at 299.

26. The World Bond, a tanker registered in Liberia, had leaked 12,000 gallons of crude oil into the sea while unloading at the Atlantic Richfield refinery at Cherry Point, Washington. The oil spread to Canadian waters and fouled beaches in British Columbia; consequently the Canadian Government sent a note to the U.S. Departmentg requesting full damages to be paid by those responsible. Handl, supra note 13, at 545.

27. 11 Canadian Yearbook of International Law 334 (1973).

28. The same principle is also reaffirmed in Para. 601 of the Restatement of the Foreign Relations Law of the US. (Revised), 1986.

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31. The Corfu Channel case, 1949 I.CJ. Rep. 22; Trail Smelter Arbitration, 3 U.N.R.I.A.A. 1911–1937(1941); P. Dupuy, infra note 38, at 32, 189; Handl, G., State Liability for Accidental Transnational Damage, 74 AJIL 537 (1980).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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35. Canada and United States Settlement of Gut Dam Claims Arbitration, repr. in 8 I.L.M. 118 (1968); D. Carreau, Droit International 408 (1988); K. Zemanek & J. Salmon, Responsabilitg Internationale 27 (1987).

36. B. Graefrath, Responsility and Damages caused, II R.C.A.D.I. 112 (1984).

37. Art. I, Draft Articles on State Responsibility, 1979 2 Y.B. I.L.C. 9; I. Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law 418–419 (1973).

38. Dupuy, P., International Liability of States for Damage caused by Transfrontier Pollution, in O.E.C.D., Legal Aspects of Transfrontier Pollution 353 (1977)Google Scholar; A.C. Kiss, Survey of Current Developments in International Environmental Law 1976 IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper 57; I. H. van Lier, Acid Rain and International Law 100 (1980).

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42. P. Dupuy, supra note 38, at 33: J. Willisch, State Responsibility for Technological in International Law 58–59 (1987).

43. Convention for Settlement of Difficulties Arising from Operation of Smelter at Trail, Apr. 15, 1935, Art.I, 3 U.N.R.I.A.A., 1907–1910.

44. Id. An. IV.

45. Trail Smelter Arbitration, supra note 41, at 1965–1966.

46. supra note 32.

47. P. Dupuy, supra note 38, at 235; K. Zemanek & A.L. Salmon, supra note 7, at 35; A.L. Springer, supranote 30, at 134.

48. L.B. Sohn, supra note 33, at 423,426–427 and 513–514; R. Falk, F. Krachtowil & S.H. Mendelotvitz,supra note 39, at 604.

49. G. Handl supra note 31, at 536; A.C. Kiss & J.D. Sicault, La conférence des Nations Unies sur ľenvironment, 1972 A.F.D.I. 613.

50. Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, Nov. 13,1979, Art. 15, repr. inl.L.M. 1442 (1979).

51. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, May 1969, Art. 14, U.N. Doc. A/CONF/39/27.

52. Footnote in the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, repr. in I.L.M. 1445 (1979); G.P. Smith, The United Nations and the Environment: Sometimes a Great Notion, 1984 T.I.L J. 355; A.Fraenkel, The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution: the Challenge of International Cooperation, 1989 Harv. Inťl LJ. 456.

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54. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Dec. 10,1982, Art. 198, U.N.Doc.A/CONF/62.122 cocc. 3 and cocc. 8.

55. Clarification No. 13.

56. Trail Smelter Arbitration, supra note 41, at 1911; I. Pop, supra note 40, at 187.

57. G. Handl, supra note 33, at 556; D. Rauschning, Interim Report of the Committee Legal Problems of Continuous and Instanteous Long Distance Air Pollution, I.L.A. Rep., Para. 27 at 211 (1986).

58. G.S. Wetstone, & A. Rosencranz, Acid Rain in Europe and North America: National Responses to an International Problem 3 (1984); I. H. van Lier, supra note 40, at 95; A. Fraenkel, supra note 52, at 453.

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60. Alabama Arbitration (U.S. v. United Kingdom) (1872), J.B. Moore, I Arbitrations 653 (1898).

61. Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage Resulting from the Exploration and Exploitation of Seabed Mineral Resources, Dec. 17, 1976, repr. I.L.M. 1450(1977); Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, May 21, repr. in I.L.M. 727 (1963); Brussels Convention Relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material, Dec. 17,1971, repr. in I.L.M. 277 (1971); Convention on International Liability for Damage caused by Space Objects, June 29, 1971,961 U.N.T.S. 187; G. Handl, supra note 33, at 564; W. Jenks, Liability for Ultra-Hazardous Activities in International Law, I R.C.A.D.I. 1071 (1966).

62. B.E. Felske, Sulphur Dioxide and the Canadian Non-Ferrons Metals Industry, Technical Rep. Nr. 3, at 25 (1981).

63. A.L. Springer, supra note 30, at 13; P. Dupuy, supra note 10, at 353; A.C. Kiss, Droit International de ľEnvironment 106 (1988).

64. U.N. Charter, Art. 74; I.H. van Lier, supra note 38, at 109; M. Sorensen, Principles de Droit International Public, III R.C.A.D.I. 194 (1960).