RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO article
VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1988
relating to the Convention (hereinafter referred to as "the 1988 SOLAS
Protocol") concerning the procedure for amending the Convention and
the 1988 SOLAS Protocol,
RECALLING FURTHER article
VI(b) of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol which stipulates, inter
alia, that amendments to the Annex to the Protocol shall be
adopted and brought into force in accordance with the procedure applicable
to the adoption and entry into force of amendments to chapter I of
the Annex to the Convention, as specified in subparagraphs (iv), (vi)(1)
and (vii)(1) of paragraph (b) of article
VIII of the Convention,
NOTING that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(1) of the Convention,
an amendment to the Annex to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol shall be deemed
to have been accepted on the date on which it is accepted by two thirds
of the Parties to the Protocol,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-first session, amendments
to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention
and article VI(b) of the 1988
SOLAS Protocol,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention
and article VI(b) of the 1988
SOLAS Protocol, amendments to the Annex to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol,
the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in accordance
with article VIII(b)(v) of
the Convention and article VI(b) of
the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, to transmit certified copies of the present
resolution and its Annex to all Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol,
for consideration and acceptance, and also to transmit copies to all
Members of the Organization;
3. URGES all Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol
to accept the amendments at the earliest possible date.