RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER article XII and regulation I/1.2.3 of the International
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers (STCW), 1978 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention")
concerning the procedures for amending Part A of the Seafarers' Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-ninth session, amendments
to Part A of the STCW Code proposed
and circulated in accordance with article
XII(1)(a)(i) of the Convention,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article XII(1)(a)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the STCW Code, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article XII(1)(a)(vii)(2) of the Convention,
that the said amendments to the STCW Code shall be deemed to have
been accepted on 1 January 2006 unless, prior to that date, more than
one third of Parties to the Convention or Parties the combined merchant
fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage
of the world's merchant shipping of ships of 100 gross tonnage or
more, have notified their objections to the amendments;
3. INVITES Parties to the Convention to note that,
in accordance with article XII(1)(a)(ix) of
the Convention, the annexed amendments to the STCW Code shall enter
into force on 1 July 2006 upon their acceptance in accordance with
paragraph 2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article XII(1)(a)(v) of the
Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution
and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Parties 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 Parties to the Convention.