THE CONFERENCE,
HAVING ADOPTED the 1995 amendments to the International Convention
on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
(STCW), 1978,
HAVING ALSO ADOPTED resolution 11 on Promotion of technical co-operation,
BEING AWARE that many countries, in particular developing countries,
may have difficulty in achieving the levels of training and assessment
required by the amended convention,
RECOGNIZING the significance
of the contribution of the WMU graduates, particularly in developing
countries, to the implementation of the amended STCW Convention and
improved standards of training, as well as to the implementation of
standards incorporated in various maritime safety and pollution prevention-related
conventions of the International Maritime Organization in general,
BEING ALSO AWARE that there is a continuing need for personnel
in the international maritime field to have an adequate level of education
and training in order to achieve the objectives of the Organization
for safer shipping and cleaner oceans in a uniform and effective manner
worldwide,
NOTING that this continuing need can be met
by the WMU assuming a leading role for the transfer of maritime education
and knowledge through its activities and the networking of advanced
maritime training establishments,
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.1 URGES the Organization to continue to:
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.1 utilize the resources and expertise of the
WMU to transfer maritime education and knowledge wherever needed,
particularly in developing countries; and
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.2 encourage and support the WMU to assume a leading
role for the promotion and implementation of a network of advanced
maritime training establishments;
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.2 RECOMMENDS STRONGLY that Governments continue
to support and utilize the resources of the WMU to meet their needs
for highly trained maritime lecturers and administrators;
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.3 REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization
to bring this resolution to the attention of the Assembly of the Organization
inviting it to consider adopting a similar resolution.