The Conference,
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The Conference,

 HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, concerning the safety of ro-ro passenger ships,

 CONSIDERING new SOLAS regulation V/13(c), which requires that, on every passenger ship to which SOLAS chapter I applies, a working language should be established to ensure effective crew performance in safety matters,

 NOTING ALSO that the International Safety Management (ISM) Code, adopted by the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization by resolution A.741(18), prescribes that shipping companies should ensure that ships personnel are able to communicate effectively in the execution of their duties related to the safety management system of their ships,

 BEING OF THE OPINION that it would be desirable that the requirements of SOLAS regulation V/13(c) should apply to all ships, whether on international voyages or not,

 URGES Contracting Governments to take steps to ensure that a working language is established on all their ships by implementing, as far as practicable, regulation V/13(c).

Parent topic: Resolution 10 - Establishment of working languages on ships – (Adopted on 29 November 1995)
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