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,
NOTING Regulation IV/15,
Maintenance requirements, of the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), as amended by the 1988 GMDSS
Conference, and in particular Regulation
IV/15.7 concerning the methods of ensuring the availability
of the functional requirements specified in Regulation
IV/4, for distress and safety purposes on ships engaged on
voyages in sea areas A3 and A4,
NOTING ALSO Resolution 5 of the 1988 GMDSS Conference which
requests the Maritime Safety Committee to periodically review the
requirements of Regulation IV/15.7 in
the light of experience gained,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its fifty-ninth session,
1. ADOPTS the Guidelines for Ensuring the Availability
of Radio Equipment for Ships Engaged on Voyages in Sea Areas A3 and
A4 Required by Regulation IV/15.7 of
the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as Amended in 1988, set out in the annex
to the present resolution:
2. RECOMMENDS that Governments, in applying Regulation IV/15.7 to ships, take account
of the annexed Guidelines;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee, when
periodically reviewing the requirements of Regulation
IV/15.7, also to review and update the Guidelines as appropriate
and to report as necessary to the Assembly.