Resolution 1 SOLAS-Conf5-32.pdf

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION

IMO

CONFERENCE OF CONTRACTING

GOVERNMENTS TO THE

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR

THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

Agenda item 6

SOLAS/CONF.5/32

Original: ENGLISH

CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

Conference resolution 1 and related amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention

As adopted by the Conference

Attached in the annex are the texts of Conference resolution 1 and amendments to the

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, annexed thereto, as set out in

attachment 1 to the Final Act of the Conference.

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For reasons of economy, this document is printed in a limited number. Delegates are

kindly asked to bring their copies to meetings and not to request additional copies.

MSD/MS HH ih

12 December 2002

SOLAS/CONF.5/32

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ATTACHMENT 1 TO THE FINAL ACT OF THE CONFERENCE

RESOLUTION 1 OF THE CONFERENCE OF CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS TO

THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

ADOPTED ON 12 DECEMBER 2002

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX TO THE INTERNATIONAL

CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

THE CONFERENCE,

BEARING IN MIND the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations

concerning the maintenance of international peace and security and the promotion of friendly

relations and co-operation among States,

DEEPLY CONCERNED about the world-wide escalation of acts of terrorism in all its

forms, which endanger or take innocent human lives, jeopardize fundamental freedoms and

seriously impair the dignity of human beings,

BEING AWARE of the importance and significance of shipping to the world trade and

economy and, therefore, being determined to safeguard the worldwide supply chain against any

breach resulting from terrorist attacks against ships, ports, offshore terminals or other facilities,

CONSIDERING that unlawful acts against shipping jeopardize the safety and security of

persons and property, seriously affect the operation of maritime services and undermine the

confidence of the peoples of the world in the safety of maritime navigation,

CONSIDERING that the occurrence of such acts is a matter of grave concern to the

international community as a whole, while also recognizing the importance of the efficient and

economic movement of world trade,

BEING CONVINCED of the urgent need to develop international co-operation between

States in devising and adopting effective and practical measures, additional to those already

adopted by the International Maritime Organization (hereinafter referred to as Ðthe

OrganizationÑ), to prevent and suppress unlawful acts directed against shipping in its broad

sense,

RECALLING the United Nations Security Council resolution 1373(2001), adopted on

28 September 2001, requiring States to take measures to prevent and suppress terrorist acts,

including calling on States to implement fully anti-terrorist conventions,

HAVING NOTED the Co-operative G8 Action on Transport Security (in particular, the

Maritime Security section thereof), endorsed by the G8 Leaders during their Summit in

Kananaskis, Alberta (Canada) in June 2002,

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RECALLING article VIII(c) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,

1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as Ðthe ConventionÑ), concerning the procedure for

amending the Convention by a Conference of Contracting Governments,

NOTING resolution A.924(22) entitled ÐReview of measures and procedures to prevent

acts of terrorism which threaten the security of passengers and crew and the safety of shipsÑ,

adopted by the Assembly of the Organization on 20 November 2001, which, inter alia :

(a) recognizes the need for the Organization to review, with the intent to revise,

existing international legal and technical measures, and to consider appropriate

new measures, to prevent and suppress terrorism against ships and to improve

security aboard and ashore in order to reduce the risk to passengers, crew and post

personnel on board ships and in port areas and to the vessels and their cargoes;

and

(b)

requests the OrganizationÓs Maritime Safety Committee, the Legal Committee and

the Facilitation Committee under the direction of the Council to undertake, on a

high priority basis, a review to ascertain whether there is a need to update the

instruments referred to in the preambular paragraphs of the aforesaid resolution

and any other relevant IMO instrument under their scope and/or to adopt other

security measures and, in the light of such a review, to take action as appropriate;

HAVING IDENTIFIED resolution A.584(14) entitled ÐMeasures to prevent unlawful acts

which threaten the safety of ships and the security of their passengers and crewÑ, MSC/Circ.443

on ÐMeasures to prevent unlawful acts against passengers and crew on board shipsÑ and

MSC/Circ.754 on ÐPassenger ferry securityÑ among the IMO instruments relevant to the scope of

resolution A.924(22),

RECALLING resolution 5 entitled ÐFuture amendments to chapter XI of the 1974

SOLAS Convention on special measures to enhance maritime safetyÑ, adopted by the 1994

Conference of Contracting Government to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at

Sea, 1974,

HAVING CONSIDERED amendments to the Annex of the Convention proposed and

circulated to all Members of the Organization and to all Contracting Governments to the

Convention,

1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(c)(ii) of the Convention, amendments to the

Annex of the Convention, the text of which is given in the Annex to the present resolution;

2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention, that the

aforementioned amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 January 2004, unless,

prior to that date, more than one third of the Contracting Governments to the Convention or

Contracting Governments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of

the gross tonnage of the worldÓs merchant fleet, have notified their objections to the

amendments;

3. INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that, in accordance with

article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the said amendments shall enter into force on

1 July 2004 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

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4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization, in conformity with

article VIII(b)(v) of the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the

text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Contracting Governments to the

Convention;

5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and

its Annex to all Members of the Organization, which are not Contracting Governments to the

Convention.

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