RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING FURTHER that by resolution A.265(VIII) the Assembly
adopted regulations on subdivision and stability of a passenger ships,
which may be used as an equivalent to part B “Subdivision and
stability” of chapter II-1 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention,
NOTING that by resolution MSC.19(58) the Maritime Safety
Committee at its fifty-eighth session adopted amendments to the 1974
SOLAS Convention to include, as part B-1 of chapter II-1, regulations
for subdivision and damage stability of cargo ships which apply to
cargo ships of 100 m in length and over,
NOTING FURTHER that the Maritime Safety Committee, in adopting
the above amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention, recognized the
necessity of development of appropriate explanatory notes for implementation
of the regulations adopted, in order to ensure their uniform application,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its fifty-ninth session,
1. ADOPTS the explanatory notes to the SOLAS regulations
on subdivision and damage stability of cargo ships of 100 m in length
and over set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments to apply the explanatory
notes when implementing the regulations for subdivision and damage
stability contained in the amendments to chapter II-1 of the 1974
SOLAS Convention adopted by resolution MSC.19(58).