RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO article XII of the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 ("1978 STCW Convention"), concerning the procedures for
amending the 1978 STCW Convention,
NOTING the repeated references to "high-voltage" in the Seafarers' Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping Code ("STCW Code"), without a specific definition for
this term,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 103rd session, amendments to the 1978 STCW Convention proposed and circulated in accordance
with article XII(1)(a)(i) thereof,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article XII(1)(a)(iv) of the 1978 STCW Convention, amendments to the said Convention, 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 1978 STCW Convention, that the said amendments shall be
deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2022, unless, prior to that date, more than
one third of Parties, 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 register tons or more, have notified the Secretary-General of the
Organization that they object to the amendments;
3 INVITES Parties to note that, in accordance with article XII(1)(a)(ix) of the 1978 STCW Convention, the amendments annexed hereto shall
enter into force on 1 January 2023 upon their acceptance, in accordance with
paragraph 2 above;
4 URGES Parties to implement the amendments to regulation I/1.1 at an early stage;
5 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of article XII(1)(a)(v) of the
1978 STCW Convention, to transmit certified copies of the
present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex to all
Parties to the 1978 STCW Convention;
6 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its
annex to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to the 1978 STCW Convention.