RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER article
VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention",
concerning the procedures for amending the Annex to the Convention,
other than the provisions of chapter I thereof,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-third session, amendments
to the Convention proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,
.1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the Convention, the text of which is set out in the
Annex to the present resolution;
.2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 January 2002, unless, prior to that date, more than one third
of the Contracting Governments to the Convention or Contracting Governments
the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50%
of the gross tonnage of the world´s merchant fleet, have notified
their objections to the amendments;
.3 INVITES Contracting Governments to note that,
in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on
1 July 2002 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
.4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article VIII(b)(v) of
the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution
and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Contracting
Governments 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 Contracting Governments to the Convention.