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,
RECOGNIZING the important contribution that the implementation
of the special measures adopted will make towards the safe and secure
operation of ships, for pollution prevention and for the safety and
security of those on board and ashore,
RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to continue the work and establish,
as the need arises, further appropriate measures to enhance the security
of ships and of port facilities,
RECOGNIZING FURTHER that the development and use of a verifiable
Seafarers' Identity Document will further enhance and positively contribute
towards the international efforts to ensure maritime security and
to prevent and suppress acts threatening the security in the maritime
transport sector,
COGNIZANT of the competencies and work of the International
Labour Organization (hereinafter referred to as "the ILO") in the
area of development and adoption of the international labour standards,
RECALLING the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention,
1958 (No.108), adopted by the International Labour Conference on 13
May 1958, which entered into force on 19 February 1961,
RECALLING ALSO that the Governing Body of the ILO at its
283rd Session, in March 2002, placed the question of "Improved security
for seafarers' identification" as an urgent item on the agenda of
the 91st Session of the International Labour Conference, to be held
in June 2003, with a view to the adoption of a Protocol to the Seafarers
Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108),
RECALLING FURTHER the long-standing co-operation between
the International Maritime Organization (hereinafter referred as "the
Organization") and the ILO in the area of international maritime transport,
NOTING, with satisfaction, the work undertaken, so far,
by the Governing Body of the ILO and by the International Labour Office
on seafarers' identity documents and on port and dockworkers security,
1. INVITES the ILO to continue the development
of a Seafarers' Identity Document as a matter of urgency, which should
cover, inter alia, a document for professional purposes;
a verifiable security document and a certification information document;
2. REQUESTS the Organization to consider the results
of the 91st Session of the International Labour Conference on the
"Improved security for Seafarers' Identification" and to take appropriate
action, as it deems appropriate;
3. INVITES States through their tripartite delegations
to participate in the 91st Session of the International Labour Conference,
in June 2003, and to give favourable consideration to the earliest
possible ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the new
ILO instrument concerning seafarers' identification documents, once
it is adopted;
4. INVITES the Organization and the ILO to establish
a joint ILO/IMO Working Group to undertake any further work, which
may be required, on the wider issue of port security, based on the
terms of reference set out in the attached Annex;
5. REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization
to contribute, with appropriate expertise, to the work of the ILO
on the "Improved security for Seafarers' Identification" and to the
proposed joint work of on the wide issue of port security;
6. REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization
to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office.