RECALLING Article 15 (j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING ALSO the requirements of regulations III/18.3.2
and III/18.3.3 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea, 1974, as amended in 1983 (SOLAS), to draw the attention of
passengers to the emergency instructions required by regulations III/8.2 and III/8.4 thereof, if a muster
is not held,
CONSIDERING the need to provide emergency instructions to
passengers so that they are aware of the essential actions that they
should take in an emergency,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its fifty-ninth session,
1. RECOMMENDS that, if a muster is not held on
departure of a passenger ship at the commencement of the voyage immediately
after sailing, the attention of passengers be drawn to the emergency
instructions required by SOLAS Regulations
III/8.2 and III/8.4 by means of an announcement, in appropriate
languages, on the ship's public address system or by other suitable
means;
2. INVITES the Maritime Safety Committee to prepare
and adopt guidelines on the method of briefing and content of the
safety instructions passengers should be given with regard to the
essential actions they should take in any emergency and to circulate
them to Governments;
3. INVITES Governments, in implementing this resolution,
to take account of the recommendations to be made by the Maritime
Safety Committee in the guidelines referred to in paragraph 2 above.