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1 The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), at its eighty-third session (3 to 12 October 2007), recognizing the importance of minimizing delays in SAR response to distress alerts by encouraging Member States to fulfil their obligations under the SAR Convention and other international instruments, approved the guidance prepared by the Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue (COMSAR), at its eleventh session, as set out in the annex.

2 Member Governments are invited to bring the annexed guidance to the attention of SAR authorities and all other parties concerned.

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