RESOLUTION A.1187(33)

RECOGNIZING the need to further revise the annexes to the Non-exhaustive list of obligations to take into account amendments to the relevant IMO instruments in respect of the III Code that have entered into force or become effective since the adoption of resolution A.1157(32),

RECOGNIZING ALSO that, as part of the ratification process, Parties to the relevant international conventions have undertaken to fully accept their responsibilities and to discharge their obligations under such conventions and other instruments to which they are party,

REITERATING that States have the primary responsibility to have in place an adequate and effective system to exercise control over ships entitled to fly their flag, and to ensure that they comply with relevant international rules and regulations relating to maritime safety, security and the protection of the marine environment,

REITERATING ALSO that States, in their capacity as Flag States, Port States, and Coastal States, have other obligations and responsibilities under applicable international law in respect of maritime safety and security and the protection of the marine environment,

NOTING that, while States may realize certain benefits by becoming Parties to instruments intended to promote maritime safety and security and the protection of the marine environment, these benefits can only be fully realized when all Parties carry out their obligations as required by such instruments,

NOTING ALSO that the ultimate effectiveness of any instrument depends, inter alia, upon all States:

• a) become Parties to all instruments relating to maritime safety and security and the prevention and control of pollution;
• b) implement and enforce such instruments fully and effectively; and
• c) report to the Organization as required,

RECALLING that, by resolutions A.1083(28), A.1084(28) and A.1085(28), it adopted amendments to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, and the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, to make the use of the III Code mandatory under those conventions,

NOTING that the Maritime Safety Committee, by resolutions MSC.366(93), MSC.373(93), MSC.374(93) and MSC.375(93), adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code (STCW Code) and the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, respectively, to make the use of the III Code mandatory under those instruments,

NOTING ALSO that the Marine Environment Protection Committee, by resolutions MEPC.246(66) and MEPC.247(66), adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, and the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, respectively, to make the use of the III Code mandatory under those instruments,

HAVING EXAMINED the recommendations made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its 106th session and by the Marine Environment Protection Committee at its 79th session,

1. ADOPTS the “2023 Non-exhaustive list of obligations under instruments relevant to the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code)”, set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2. URGES Governments of all States, in their capacity as Flag States, Port States and Coastal States, to use the List to the maximum extent possible in the implementation of IMO instruments at national level;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee to keep the List under review and to amend it as necessary;
4. REVOKES resolution A.1157(32).

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