RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER article
VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 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 1988 SOLAS Protocol,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-third session, amendments
to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention
and article VI of the 1988
SOLAS Protocol,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention
and article VI of the 1988
SOLAS Protocol, amendments to the appendix to the Annex to the 1988
SOLAS Protocol, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present
resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention and article VI of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, that the said
amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 January 2009,
unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Parties to
the 1988 SOLAS Protocol or Parties the combined merchant fleets of
which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world’s
merchant fleet, have notified their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES the Parties concerned to note that,
in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention and article
VI of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, the amendments shall enter into
force on 1 July 2009, upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4 RECOMMENDS the Parties concerned to issue certificates
complying with the annexed amendments at the first renewal survey
after 1 July 2009;
5 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article VIII(b)(v) of
the Convention and article VI of
the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, to transmit certified copies of the present
resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to
all Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol;
6 FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its Annex to Members of the Organization,
which are not Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol.