RECALLING article 38(a) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment
Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international
conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,
NOTING article 16 of
the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Convention") and
article VI of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention
for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred
to as the "1978 Protocol") which together specify the amendment procedure
of the 1978 Protocol and confer upon the appropriate body of the Organization
the function of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention,
as modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL 73/78),
HAVING CONSIDERED proposed amendments to regulation 1 of the revised Annex
I to MARPOL 73/78, with a view to designating the Southern South African
waters as a Special Area,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention,
the amendments to the revised Annex I of
MARPOL 73/78, the text of which is set out at Annex to the present
resolution;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973
Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 September 2007, unless prior to that date, not less than one-third
of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute
not less than 50 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant
fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objection to the
amendments;
3. INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance
with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of
the 1973 Convention, the said amendments shall enter into force on
1 March 2008 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2
above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article 16(2)(e) of the
1973 Convention, to transmit to all Parties to MARPOL
73/78 certified copies of the present resolution and the text
of the amendments contained in the Annex; and
5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit
to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL 73/78 copies of the present resolution
and its Annex.