RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER article
VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”)
and article VI of the Protocol of 1988 relating to the Convention
(hereinafter referred to as “the
1988 SOLAS Protocol”) concerning the procedure for amending
the 1988 SOLAS Protocol,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-second session, amendments
to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention
and article VI of the 1988
SOLAS Protocol,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention
and article VI of the 1988
SOLAS Protocol, amendments to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, the text of
which is set out in the Annex to
the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention and article VI of
the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, that the said amendments shall be deemed
to have been accepted on 1 January 2008, unless, prior to that date,
more than one third of the Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol or Parties
the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50%
of the gross tonnage of the world’s merchant fleet, have notified
their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES the Parties concerned to note that,
in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention and article
VI of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, the amendments shall enter into
force on 1 July 2008, upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article VIII(b)(v) of
the Convention and article VI of
the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, to transmit certified copies of the present
resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Parties to the 1988 SOLAS
Protocol;
5 FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its Annex to Members of the Organization,
which are not Parties to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol.