RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO that the Assembly, when adopting resolution A.649(16) on the Code
for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units,
1989 (1989 MODU Code), authorized the Committee to amend the
Code, when appropriate, taking into consideration the developing design
and safety features after due consultation with appropriate organizations,
RECOGNIZING the need for introduction into this Code of
provisions for enclosed space entry and rescue drills,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-second session, the recommendations
made by the Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers,
at its seventeenth session,
1 ADOPTS amendments to the 1989
MODU Code, set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES all Governments concerned to take appropriate
steps to give effect to the annexed amendments to the 1989 MODU Code by 1 January 2015.