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RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime
Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO article VIII(b)(vi)(2) of the International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 ("the Convention"), concerning the amendment
procedure applicable to the annex to the Convention, other than to the provisions of
chapter I,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-fifth session, amendments to the
Convention, proposed and circulated in accordance with article
VIII(b)(i) thereof,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Convention, 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, that the said amendments shall be
deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2016, unless, prior to that date, more than
one third of the Contracting Governments to the Convention or Contracting
Governments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of
the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have notified to the
Secretary-General their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the
Convention to note that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the
Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2017 upon their
acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the
purposes of article VIII(b)(v) of the Convention, to transmit certified copies of
the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex to all
Contracting Governments to the Convention; and
5 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to
transmit copies of this resolution and its annex to Members of the Organization
which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.