1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
at its fifty-second session, and the Maritime Safety Committee, at
its seventy-ninth session, having identified the benefits of marking
ships' plans, manuals and other documents with the IMO ship identification
number for maritime safety and security, and marine environment protection
purposes, since the IMO number on ships' plans could also be of assistance
for identifying that such information, which is required to be on
board the ship, relates to the ship in question and for the conduct
of investigative measures, approved the marking the ship's plans,
manuals and other documents with the IMO ship identification number,
as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to implement
the marking as far as practicable and to bring it to the attention
of all parties concerned.