INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
ASSEMBLY
21st session
Agenda item 5
A 21/Res.884
4 February 2000
Original: ENGLISH
RESOLUTION A.884(21) adopted on 25 November 1999
AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF MARINE CASUALTIES AND INCIDENTS (RESOLUTION A.849(20))
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 and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.849(20) by which it adopted the Code for the Investigation of Marine Casualties and Incidents,
CONSIDERING that practical advice for the systematic investigation of human factors in marine casualties and incidents will assist an effective analysis and promote the identification and implementation of preventive action,
RECOGNIZING the need for development and use, as appropriate, of practical guidelines for the investigation of human factors in marine casualties and incidents,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its seventy-first session and by the Marine Environment Protection Committee at its forty-third session,
1. ADOPTS amendments to the Code for the Investigation of Marine Casualties and Incidents incorporating the Guidelines for the Investigation of Human Factors in Marine Casualties and Incidents, as set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments to implement the Guidelines as soon as practicable, as far as national law allows, with a view to improving the quality and completeness of casualty investigations and reports;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee to keep the Guidelines under review and to amend them as necessary.
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF MARINE CASUALTIES AND INCIDENTS (RESOLUTION A.849(20))
1 The existing appendix is renumbered as appendix 1.
2 A new appendix 2 is added as follows:
