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responsible for the SAR region in which the          places of safety for persons in distress at
survivors were recovered,                            sea, for action as the Committee may deem
  HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-                 appropriate.
eighth session, amendments to the Convention                          ANNEX
proposed and circulated in accordance with           AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
article III(2)(a) thereof,                         CONVENTION ON MARITIME SEARCH AND
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article                       RESCUE, 1979, AS AMENDED
  III(2)(c) of the Convention, amendments to                        CHAPTER 2
  the Convention, the text of which is set out        ORGANIZATION AND CO-ORDINATION
  in the Annex to the present resolution ;         2.1 Arrangements for provision and co-
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article
                                                     ordination of search and rescue services
  III(2)(f) of the Convention, that the
                                                   1 The following sentence is added at the end
  amendments shall be deemed to have been
                                                     of the existing paragraph 2.1.1:
  accepted on 1 January 2006, unless, prior to
                                                     “The notion of a person in distress at sea
  that date, more than one third of the
                                                     also includes persons in need of assistance
  Parties, have notified their objections to the
                                                     who have found refuge on a coast in a
  amendments ;
                                                     remote location within an ocean area
3. INVITES Parties to the Convention to note
                                                     inaccessible to any rescue facility other
  that, in accordance with article III(2)(h) of
                                                     than as provided for in the annex.”
  the Convention, the amendments shall enter
                                                                    CHAPTER 3
  into force on 1 July 2006 upon their
                                                       CO-OPERATION BETWEEN STATES
  acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2
                                                   3.1 Co-operation between States
  above;
                                                   2 In paragraph 3.1.6, the word “and”is
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in
                                                     deleted in subparagraph .2, a full stop is
  conformity with article III(2)(d) of the
                                                     replaced by“; and”in subparagraph .3 and
  Convention, to transmit certified copies of
                                                     the following new subparagraph .4 is added
  the present resolution and the text of the
                                                     after the existing subparagraph .3:
  amendments contained in the Annex to all
                                                     “.4 to make the necessary arrangements in
  Parties to the Convention;
                                                     co-operation with other RCCs to identify
5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-
                                                     the    most    appropriate   place(s)      for
  General to transmit copies of this resolution
                                                     disembarking persons found in distress at
  and   its   Annex     to   Members    of   the
                                                     sea.”
  Organization, which are not Parties to the
                                                   3 The following new paragraph 3.1.9 is added
  Convention;
                                                     after the existing paragraph 3.1.8:
6. REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General
                                                     “3.1.9 Parties shall co-ordinate and co-
  to take appropriate action in further
                                                     operate to ensure that masters of ships
  pursuing his inter-agency initiative
                                                     providing assistance by embarking persons
  informing the Maritime Safety Committee of         in distress at sea are released from their
  developments, in particular, with respect to       obligations with minimum further deviation
  procedures to assist in the provision of           from the ships intended voyage, provided

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