RECALLING Article (15j) of the convention on the International
maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
NOTING the amendments, which were adopted by the conference
of Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978,
NOTING FURTHER the proposals for enhanced safety in all
aspects of ro-ro passenger ships developed by the Maritime Safety
Committee at its sixty-fifth session, and that those proposals constituting
amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 are expected to be considered by a Conference
of Contracting Governments to that Convention in November 1995, with
a view to adoption,
BEING OF THE OPINION that not all of the adopted proposals
will obtain their full value unless a safety-orientated attitude is
established among all persons professionally related with the operation
and running of passenger ships,
BEING ALSO OF THE OPINION that the familiarization, basic
safety training and instruction all seafarers should receive in accordance
with regulation VI/I of the 1978 STCW Convention, as amended, will,
after entry into force, be instrumental in establishing a safety-orientated
attitude among crew members,
BEING FURTHER OF THE OPINION that the introduction of the
International Safety Management (ISM) Code will, likewise, be instrumental
in establishing a safety-orientated attitude among shore-based personnel
of shipping companies,
REALIZING, HOWEVER, that the above-mentioned instruments
do not cover shore-based activities such as activities related to
duties and responsibilities of port authorities, shipbuilding and
shiprepairing industries and the replenishment of ships,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-fifth session,
RECOMMENDS Government and international organizations concerned
to initiate work with the aim of establishing a safety culture in
and around passenger ships under their flag addressing all persons
working professionally in or in relation to such ships, irrespective
of whether their work is covered by relevant instruments developed
by the Organization.