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The Conference,

 HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), concerning special measures to enhance maritime safety and security,

 RECALLING operative paragraph 5 of resolution A.924(22) on Review of measures and procedures to prevent acts of terrorism which threaten the security of passengers and crews and the safety of ships, adopted on 20 November 2001 by the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (hereinafter referred to as "the Organization"), whereby the Secretary-General of the Organization is requested to take appropriate measures within the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme to assist Governments to assess, put in place or enhance, as the case may be, appropriate infrastructure and measures to strengthen port safety and security so as to prevent and suppress terrorist acts directed against ports and port personnel as well as ships in port areas, passengers and crew,

 BEING APPRECIATIVE of the steps already taken by the Secretary-General of the Organization, in response to request of the Assembly of the Organization, to provide assistance to States in strengthening their maritime and port security infrastructure and measures,

 RECOGNIZING the need for the development of appropriate legislation and the putting in place of appropriate infrastructure for ship and port facility security and relevant training facilities in order to ensure the global and uniform application and implementation of the special measures adopted to enhance maritime security,

 RECOGNIZING ALSO the importance of adequate education and training for seafarers and port facility personnel to contribute to the overall efforts to enhance maritime security,

 RECOGNIZING FURTHER that, in some cases, there may be limited infrastructure, facilities and training programmes for obtaining the experience required for the purpose of preventing acts which threaten the security of ships and of port facilities, particularly in developing countries,

 BELIEVING that the promotion of technical co-operation at the international level will assist those States not yet having adequate expertise or facilities for providing training and experience to assess, put in place or enhance appropriate infrastructure and, in general, implement the measures required by the adopted amendments necessary to strengthen maritime security on board ships and ashore,

 EMPHASIZING, in this regard, the vital role that safe and secure shipping and port operations play in sustainable socio-economic development,

  1. STRONGLY URGES Contracting Governments to the Convention and Member States of the Organization to:

  • (a) provide, in co-operation with the Organization, assistance to those States which have difficulty in implementing or meeting the requirements of the adopted amendments or the ISPS Code; and

  • (b) use the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme of the Organization as one of the main instruments to obtain assistance in advancing effective implementation of, and compliance with, the adopted amendments and the ISPS Code;

  2. REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization to make adequate provision, within the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme, to strengthen further the assistance that is already being provided and to promote, in co-operation, as appropriate, with relevant international organizations, the enhancement of the Organization's capacity to address the future needs of developing countries for continued education and training and the improvement of their maritime and port security infrastructure and measures;

  3. INVITES donors, international organizations and the shipping and port industry to contribute financial, human and/or in-kind resources to the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme of the Organization for its maritime and port security activities;

  4. INVITES ALSO the Secretary General to give early consideration to establishing a Maritime Security Trust Fund for the purpose of providing a dedicated source of financial support for maritime security technical-co-operation activities and, in particular, for providing support for national initiatives in developing countries to strengthen their maritime security infrastructure and measures.

Parent topic: Resolution 5 - Promotion of Technical Co-Operation and Assistance – (Adopted on 12 December 2002)
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