<Li> to conduct an investigation into any casualty occurring to ships under its flag subject to those conventions, and </Li> <Li> to supply the Organization with pertinent information concerning the findings of such investigations . </Li> <P> Under Article 94 of the UNCLOS, paragraph 7 on Duties of one flag state with respect to another, reads as follows: </P> <P> Each State shall cause an inquiry to be held by or before a suitably qualified person or persons into every marine casualty or incident of navigation on the high seas involving a ship flying its flag and causing loss of life or serious injury to nationals of another State or serious damage to ships or installations of another State or to the marine environment . The flag State and the other State shall co-operate in the conduct of any inquiry held by that other State into any such marine casualty or incident of navigation . </P>

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