The Conference,
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The Conference,

 HAVING ADOPTED the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (the 1988 SOLAS Protocol) and the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (the 1988 Load Line Protocol) which introduce, inter alia, the harmonized system of survey and certification under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (the 1974 SOLAS Convention) and the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (the 1966 Load Line Convention),

 RECOGNIZING that neither the 1988 SOLAS Protocol nor the 1988 Load Line Protocol will enter into force until after both protocols have been ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to by not less than fifteen States representing at least fifty per cent of the world's merchant fleet,

 RECOGNIZING ALSO that States may ratify, accept, approve or accede to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol and the 1988 Load Line Protocol independently and at different times,

 DESIRING to bring the 1988 SOLAS Protocol and the 1988 Load Line Protocol into force as soon as possible,

 URGES Governments to ratify, accept, approve or accede to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol and the 1988 Load Line Protocol as soon as possible and at the same time.

Parent topic: Resolution 1 - Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol and the 1988 Load Line Protocol
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