1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first
session (10 to 19 May 2006), with a view to providing enhanced guidance
for passenger ships operating in areas remote from SAR facilities,
approved the Enhanced contingency planning guidance for passenger
ships operating in areas remote from SAR facilities, prepared by the
Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue, at its
tenth session (6 to 10 March 2006), as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments and international organizations
are invited to bring the annexed guidance to the attention of all
concerned.