RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
NOTING Regulation III/18.3 of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974,
as amended concerning, inter alia, the carrying out of
musters and drills on passenger ships,
NOTING FURTHER the need for Administrations to ensure that
musters and drills are being carried out on passenger ships in an
effective manner,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its fifty-ninth session,
1. RECOMMENDS Governments to make periodical inspections
of abandon ship and fire drills of the crew on passenger ships to
ensure that such drills are being satisfactorily carried out;
2. RECOMMENDS ALSO that such periodical inspections
are carried out on each passenger ship at intervals not exceeding
12 months;
3. REVOKES Resolution A.125(V).