RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING Conference Resolution
2, by which the 2002 SOLAS Conference adopted the International
Code for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities (International
Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code)
(hereinafter referred to as "the ISPS Code"), which has become mandatory
under chapter XI-2 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter
referred to as "the Convention"),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eightieth session, amendments
to part A of the ISPS Code proposed
and circulated in accordance with article
VIII(b)(i) of the Convention,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to part A of the ISPS Code,
the text of which is set out in the Annex to
the present resolution;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 July 2008, 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 world's merchant fleet, have notified
their objections to the amendments;
3. INVITES Contracting Governments to note that,
in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on
1 January 2009 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, 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
Members of the Organization, which are not Contracting Governments
to the Convention.