1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first
session (10 to 19 May 2006), following the proposals made by the Sub-Committee
on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping at its thirty-seventh session,
approved the recommendations concerning promoting and verifying continued
familiarization of GMDSS operators on board ships, set out in the
attached annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed recommendations to the attention of all parties concerned
for consideration and action, as appropriate.