THE CONFERENCE,
HAVING ADOPTED the 1995 amendments to the International Convention
on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
1978,
NOTING the International Maritime Organization's
Medium-Term Plan for the Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector
and expressing support for the Organization's aims of promoting the
training of women in the maritime sector,
DESIRING to
achieve equal access for men and women to maritime training and to
employment on board ship,
INVITES Governments:
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.1 to give special consideration to securing equal
access by men and women in all sectors of the maritime industry;
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.2 to highlight the role of women in the seafaring
profession and to promote their greater participation in maritime
training and at all levels in the maritime Industry.