RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO the provisions of regulation V/19-1 (Long-range identification and tracking (LRIT)
of ships) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea, 1974, as amended (the Convention) and, in particular, that, as
from 31 December 2008, ships shall transmit, and Contracting Governments
to the Convention (Contracting Governments) shall be able to receive,
pursuant to the provisions of the regulation
V/19-1 of the Convention (regulation), LRIT information,
RECALLING FURTHER that regulation
V/19-1.14 provides, inter alia, that the Committee
shall determine the criteria, procedures and arrangements for the
review and audit of the provision of LRIT information to Contracting
Governments pursuant to the provisions of regulation
V/19-1,
ALSO RECALLING that the Revised performance standards and
functional requirements for the long-range identification and tracking
of ships (the Revised performance standards) adopted by resolution MSC.263(84) provide in paragraph
14.1 that the LRIT Coordinator should be appointed by the Committee
and in paragraph 14.4 that the functions of the LRIT Coordinator include,
inter alia, the review of the performance of the LRIT system on an
annual basis and the submission of related reports to the Committee,
NOTING that the International Mobile Satellite Organization
has advised its willingness and readiness to assume the role of the
LRIT Coordinator and to perform the functions and duties specified
in paragraphs 14.2 to 14.5 of the Revised performance standards, subject
to the provisions of paragraphs 14.6 to 14.7.3 of the Revised performance
standards,
NOTING ALSO that the International Mobile Satellite Organization
has also advised that it has put in place the necessary arrangements
to the satisfaction of the Parties to the Convention on the International
Mobile Satellite Organization which would enable it to assume the
role, perform the functions and discharge the duties of the LRIT Coordinator,
DESIRING to put in place the necessary arrangements so as
to ensure the performance review and audit of the LRIT system as from
31 December 2008, as well as for the performance of the other functions
and duties of the LRIT Coordinator, as specified in paragraphs 14.2
to 14.5 of the Revised performance standards,
1. APPOINTS, subject to the provisions of paragraphs
14.7 to 14.7.3 of the Revised performance standards and within the
framework of regulation V/19-1.14, the
International Mobile Satellite Organization as the LRIT Coordinator;
2. REQUESTS the LRIT Coordinator to perform the
functions and duties specified in paragraphs 14.1 to 14.5 of the Revised
performance standards;
3. DECIDES that all LRIT Data Centres and the
International LRIT Data Exchange should cooperate with the LRIT Coordinator
when performing its functions and discharging its duties and to provide,
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 14.6 of the Revised
performance standards, to the LRIT Coordinator all data and information
it may request to this end;
4. DECIDES ALSO that all LRIT Data Centres and
the International LRIT Data Exchange should discharge, in a timely
manner, their financial obligations vis-à-vis the
LRIT Coordinator in accordance with the arrangements they may agree
with the LRIT Coordinator.