Action requested of the Sub-Committee
10 The Sub-Committee is invited to note the above information and, taking into account any decisions of MSC 70 and MSC 71, to take action with regard to Conference Resolutions Nos.3 and 5 as follows:
.1 with regard to Resolution No.3 (annex 1) to:
.1 consider how to develop a single registration database for GMDSS equipment users which rescue co-ordination centres may readily access to support search and rescue operations;
.2 consider further appropriate measures to eliminate false alerts;
.3 encourage States operating MRCCs associated with Inmarsat coast earth stations to ensue that suitable arrangement are in place to relay Inmarsat distress alerts to all responsible MRCCs within the service area of the respective coast earth stations;
.4 encourage States operating MRCCs to establish means of direct communication between all MRCCs in the region/area;
.5 invite Inmarsat to help to ensure that all responsible MRCCs with associated search and rescue regions have the specific information they may need to contact ships and other craft via Inmarsat;
.6 recommend that providers of GMDSS services develop the capacity to distribute alert data as directly as practicable to responsible RCCs and to decode alert messages prior to delivery to the search and rescue system when this can be done without introducing delays in the delivery of the alert; and
.7 urge all users to ensure that their GMDSS equipment is at all times correctly coded and its identities are properly registered in a recognized national or international SAR database.
.2 with regard to Resolution No.5 (annex 2) to:
.1 consider establishing an International SAR Fund for the purposes of
.1 establishing an maintaining worldwide an adequate number of operational RCCs to cover the needs of international shipping;
.2 establishing and maintaining an efficient global communications network for the dissemination of distress alert data and SAR co-ordination communications;
.3 establishing and maintaining databases for the operational support of GMDSS, if this is not done on a national basis; and
.4 supporting the provision of other necessary resources for the effective implementation of the SAR Plan.
