ANNEX A
DRAFT
Assembly Resolution
Amending resolution A.705 (17) Promulgation of Maritime Safety Information
The ASSEMBLY,
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,
RECALLING that resolution A.705 (17) on the Promulgation of Maritime Safety Information was adopted on 6 November 1991,
NOTING that experience has shown since that date that one of the definitions contained in that resolution caused confusion between the concepts of "search and rescue alert" and "maritime safety information":
RECOGNIZING that this confusion may endanger the safety of human life at sea,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its ....th session,
RESOLVES to amend resolution A.705 (17) Promulgation of Maritime Safety Information as follows:
1. In the diagram in 1.1, replace "SAR alerts" by "other urgent safety-related messages";
2. Replace the definition in 2.1.2 by: "Maritime safety information service means a co-ordinated service for the promulgation of one or more categories of maritime safety information",
REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to amend or provide for the amendment of those texts for which it is responsible.
