HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-second session, amendments
to the Convention, proposed and circulated
in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,
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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;
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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 2014, 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 per cent of the gross tonnage
of the world's merchant fleet, have notified their objections to the
amendments;
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3 INVITES SOLAS Contracting Governments to note
that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the
Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January
2015 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
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4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with 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;
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5 ALSO REQUESTS 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.