THE CONFERENCE,
HAVING ADOPTED the 1995 amendments to the International Convention
on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
(STCW), 1978, including regulation V/2 on
mandatory minimum requirements for the training and qualifications
of masters, officers, ratings and other personnel on ro-ro passenger
ships,
ANTICIPATING that such special training provisions
will significantly increase the safety of passengers on ro-ro passenger
ships during emergency situations,
RECOGNIZING the important
contribution of ship's personnel towards the safe evacuation of passengers
in emergency situations,
APPRECIATING that personnel designated
to assist passengers in emergency situations on passenger ships may
have to assist fellow crew members who are not specially trained and
that this could affect the behaviour of passengers in such situations,
BEING AWARE that some passenger ship personnel are not required
to be trained to the same standard as personnel on ro-ro passenger
ships,
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1. INVITES the International Maritime Organization
to consider developing appropriate provisions covering the training
of masters, officers, ratings and other personnel serving on passenger
ships for inclusion in the 1978 STCW Convention, as amended;
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2. INVITES Parties to the 1978 STCW Convention
to consider applying voluntarily to personnel serving on passenger
ships, the relevant training provisions of regulation
V/2.