Published in 1992 by the INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION Albert Embankment, london SE1 7SR Printed by the International Maritime Organization, london 10 ISBN 92-801-1281-3 ISSN 0534-624X Copyright © IMO 1992 All rights reserved No part of this publication may, for sales purposes, be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the International Maritime Organization Contents Page Agenda of the seventeenth session of the Assembly Resolutions A.680(17) IMO Guidelines on Management for Pollution Prevention for the Safe Operation Annex: IMO Guidelines on Management of Ships and for Pollution Prevention A.681(17) of Ships and for the Safe Operation Procedures for the Control of Operational Requirements the Safety of Ships and Pollution Preve,ntion 12 related to Annex: Procedures for the Control of Operational Requirements related to the Safety of Ships and Pollution Prevention A.682(17) Regional co-operation in the control A.683(17) Prevention and suppression against ships A.684(17) Explanatory notes to the SOlAS regulations on subdivision stability of cargo ships of 100 metres in length and over 17 of ships and discharges 19 of acts of piracy and armed robbery 21 and damage Annex: Explanatory notes to the SOlAS regulations on subdivision and damage stability of cargo ships of 100 metres in length and over A.685(17) Weather criterion Annex: Recommendation on Weather Criterion of 24 Metres in length and Over A.686(17) 59 for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over for Fishing Vessels 64 Code on Alarms and Indicators Annex: Code on Alarms and Indicators A.687(17) Fire test procedures for ignitability 88 of primary deck coverings Annex: Recommendation on Fire Test Procedures for Ignitability of Primary Deck Coverings A.688(17) Fire test procedures for ignitability Annex: Recommendation of Bedding Components A.689(17) of bedding 90 components on Fire Test Procedures for Ignitability 97 Testing of life-saving appliances Annex: Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances Contents - iii Page A.690(17) Periodical inspections of abandon ship and fire drills on passenger ships 148 A.691(27) Safety instructions to passengers 149 A.692(17) Guidelines and Specifications for Hyperbaric Evacuation Systems 150 Annex: Guidelines and Specifications for Hyperbaric Evacuation Systems A.693(17) Conditions for the approval of servicing stations for inflatable liferafts 160 Annex: Recommendation on Conditions for the Approval of Servicing Stations for Inflatable life rafts A.694(17) General requirements for shipborne radio equipment forming part of the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) and for electronic navigational aids 165 Annex: Recommendation on General Requirements for Shipborne Radio Equipment forming part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and for Electronic Navigational Aids A.695(17) Performance standards for float-free satellite emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs)operating on 406 MHz 169 Annex: Recommendation on Performance Standards for Float-Free Satellite Emergency Position-Indicating Operating on 406 MHz Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) A.696(17) Type approval of satellite emergency position-indicating (EPIRBs)operating in the COSPAS-SARSAT system A.697(17) Performance standards for survival craft radar transponders for use in search and rescue operations radio beacons 172 173 Annex: Recommendation on Performance Standards for Survival Craft Radar Transponders for Use in Search and Rescue Operations A.698(17) Performance standards for ship earth stations capable of two-way communications 175 Annex: Recommendation on Performance Standards for Ship Earth Stations Capable of Two-Way Communications A.699(17) System Performance Standard for the Promulgation and Co-ordination of Maritime Safety Information using High,;,Frequency Narrow-Band Direct Printing Annex: System Performance Standard for the Promulgation and Co-ordination of Maritime Safety Information High-Frequency Narrow-Band Direct Printing iv - Contents using 178 Page A.700(17) Performance Standards for Narrow-Band Direct-Printing Telegraph Equipment for the Reception of Navigational and Meteorological Warnings and Urgent Information to Ships (MSI) by HF Annex: PerforlT1ance Standards for Narrow-Band Direct-Printing Telegraph Equipment for the Reception of Navigational and Meteorological Warnings- and Urgent Information to Ships (MSI) by HF 180 A.701(17) Carriage of INMARSAT enhanced group call SafetyNET receivers under the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) 182 A.702(17) Radio maintenance guidelines for the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) related to sea areas A3 and A4 Annex: Guidelines for Ensuring the Availability of Radio Equipment for Ships Engaged on Voyages in Sea Areas A3 and A4 required by Regulation IV/15.7 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended in 1988 183 A.703(17) Training of radio personnel in the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) Annex 1: Recommendation on Training of Radio Operators related to the First-Class Radioelectronic Certificate Annex 2: Recommendation on Training of Radio Operators related to the Second-Class Radioelectronic Certificate Annex 3: Recommendation on Training of Radio Operators related to the General Operator's Certificate Annex 4: Recommendation on Training of Radio Operators related to the Restricted Operator's Certificate Annex 5: Recommendation on Training of Personnel Performing Maintenance of the GMDSS Installations aboard Ships 186 A.704(17) Provision of radio services for the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) Annex 1: Recommendation on Provision of Radio Services for the GMDSS Annex 2: Criteria for Use when Providing Shore-Based Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Facilities for Use in the GMDSS 197 Annex 3: Criteria for Establishing GMDSS Sea Areas Annex 4: Criteria for Use when Providing a NAVTEX Service A.705(17) Promulgation of maritime safety information Annex: Recommendation on Promulgation of Maritime Safety Information 204 A.706(17) World-Wide Navigational Warning Service Annex 1: IMO/IHO World-Wide Navigational Warning Service Guidance Document Annex 2: IMO procedure for amending the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service 209 Contents - v Page A.707(17) Charges for distress, urgency and safety messagesthrough the INMARSAT system 219 Annex: Service/Charging matrix for distress and safety communications through the INMARSAT system A.708(17) Navigation bridge visibility and functions 224 Annex: Guidelines on navigation bridge visibility and functions A.709(17) Avoidance by submerged submarines of fishing vessels and their fishing gear 226 A.710(17) Use of pilotage services in the Torres Strait and the Great North East Channel 227 A.711(17) Ships' routeing 228 Annex: Routeing systems other than traffic separation schemes A.712(17) Recommended Standards of Specialized Training, Qualifications and Certification of Key Personnel Assigned Responsibility for Essential Marine Functions on Mobile Offshore Units (MOUs) 236 Annex: Recommended Standards of Specialized Training, Qualifications and Certification of Key Personnel Assigned Responsibility for Essential Marine Functions on Mobile Offshore Units (MOUs) A.713(17) Safety of ships carrying solid bulk cargoes 244 Annex: Interim measures to be taken to improve the safety of ships carrying solid bulk cargoes A.714(17) Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing 247 Annex: Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing A.715(17) Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 1991 284 Annex: Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 1991 A.716(17) The International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (lMDG Code) 317 A.717(17) Co-ordination in matters relating to dangerous goods and hazardous substances 319 A.718(17) 321 Early implementation of the harmonized system of survey and certification Annex 1: Modifications to the forms of certificates prescribed by the 1988 SOLASand Load line Protocols and the respective amendments to MARPOL 73/78 and the IBC, IGC and BCH Codes Annex 2: Introduction of the harmonized system of survey and certification vi - Contents Page A.719(17) Prevention of air pollution from ships 326 A.720(17) Guidelines for the Designation of Special Areas and the Identification of Particularly Sensitive Areas 328 Annex: Guidelines for the Designation of Special Areas and the Identification of Particularly Sensitive SeaAreas A.721(17) Development of the new tanker designs for the prevention of oil pollution 370 A.722(17) Application of tonnage measurement of ballast spaces in segregated ballast oil tankers 371 Annex: Recommendation concerning Tonnage Measurement A.723(17) Appointment of the External Auditor 373 A.724(17) Amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization (institutionalization of the Facilitation Committee) Annex: Amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization (institutionalization of the Facilitation Committee) 374 A.725(17) Arrears of contributions 378 A.726(17) Apportionment of expenses among Member States and amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly Annex 1: Rule 56bis 380 Annex 2: Rul~ 56ter A.727(17) Presentation of accounts and audit reports 383 A.728(17) Long-term work plan of the Organization (up to 1998) 384 Annex: Long-term work plan of the Organization (up to 1998) A.729(17) Future development of the intergovernmental oil pollution liability and compensation system based on the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969,and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 Annex 1: Draft protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 390 Annex 2: Draft protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 Annex 3: Draft resolution relating to the need to avoid a situation in which two conflicting treaty regimes are operational Annex 4: Draft resolution in respect of certain treaty-law issues relating to States which have already expressed their consent to be bound by the 1984 Protocols Contents - vii Page A.730(17) Work programme and budget for the seventeenth financial period 1992-1993 397 Annex 1: list of meetings approved for 1992 and 1993 Annex 2: list of posts approved for 1992 and 1993 Annex 3: Appropriations approved for 1992-1993 A.731(17) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992 402 A.732(17) Relations with non-governmental international organizations 404 Other decisions Adopted 28 October 1991 Adoption of the agenda Election of the President and Vice-Presidents Application of Article 56 Establishment of the Credentials Committee Establishment of other committees Adopted 29 October 1991 Approval of the report of the Council Diplomatic conferences Adopted 31 October and November 1991 Report on evaluation activities Adopted November 1991 Election of Members of the Council Election of members to the IMO Staff Pension Committee Adopted November 1991 Immunities and privileges: progress report Approval of the reports of the Maritime Safety Committee Approval of the reports of the Marine Environment Protection Committee Adopted November 1991 Approval of the reports of the legal Committee Approval of the reports of the Technical Co-operation Committee Approval of the reports of the Facilitation Committee Computer database study and possible link with electronic transmission of mail and documents Relations with intergovernmental organizations Relations with non-governmental organizations Determination of the place and date of the eighteenth regular session of the Assembly Status of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization viii - Contents 407 407 408 408 409 409 413 AGENDA OF THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY Opening of the session by the representative of the delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Adoption of the agenda Election of the President and Vice-Presidents Application Establishment of committees of Article 56 of the IMO Convention Committee (b) Establishment of other committees, Consideration as necessary of the reports of the committees (a) Report of the Credentials - arrears of contributions of the Assembly: (a) Establishment of the Credentials of the Assembly of the Assembly: Committee (b) Reports of other committees Report on the status of the Convention Report on the status of conventions the Organization and membership and other multilateral of the Organization instruments in respect of which performs functions Implementation of conventions and other multilateral instruments Report of the Council to the Assembly on the work of the Organization since the sixteenth regular session of the Assembly 10 Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Maritime 11 Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the legal Committee Consideration of the reports and recommendations of the Ma~ine 12 Safety Committee Environment Protection Com m ittee 13 Consideration of the reports and recommendations 14 Consideration of the reports of the Facilitation 15 Consideration of proposed amendments 16 Reports on diplomatic (a) International of the Technical Co-operation Committee Committee to the IMO Convention conferences: Conference on the Revision of the 1974 Athens Convention (b) Conference on International Co-operation on Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response 17 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972: report on the performance of Secretariat functions and other duties 18 Computer database study and possible link with electronic transmission of mail and documents 19 Maritime training programmes: (a) Report on the World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden (b) Report on the IMO International Maritime Academy, Trieste, Italy (c) Report on the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, (d) Development and implementation 20 Progress report on evaluation 21 Report on Headquarters 22 Immunities 23 Arrears of contributions 24 Report on resolution Malta of model courses activities in IMO facilities and accommodation and privileges: progress report - Working Capital Fund A.641(16): (a) Review of Article 56 of the IMO Convention (b) Proposals for payment of arrears by instalment (c) Review of current system for apportionment of contributions 25 Amendment 26 Presentation of accounts and audit reports 27 Long-term work plan of the Organization 28 Work programme 29 Relations with the United Nations and the specialized agencies 30 31 to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly • Joint Inspection and budget for the seventeenth financial period 1992-1993 Unit Relations with intergovernmental organizations: proposed agreements or arrangements of co-operation 32 Relations with non-governmental (a) Applications for consultative organizations: status (b) Review of list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status 33 Election of Members of the Council, as provided for in Articles 16 and 17 of the IMO Convention 34 Election of Members to the IMO Staff Pension Committee 35 Appointment 36 Publications 37 Report on World Maritime Days 1990 and 1991 38 The International Maritime Prize 39 Determination 40 Supplementary of the External Auditor and public information of the place and date of the eighteenth agenda items, if any regular session of the Assembly Resolution A.731(17) - 403 Other decisions ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 28 October 1991 Agenda item The Assembly adopted the agenda of the seventeenth A 17/1/Rev.1 regular session as contained in document ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS 28 October 1991 Agenda item The Assembly elected the following President of the Assembly: First Vice-President: Second Vice-President: APPLICATION officers to hold office until the eighteenth regular session: HE Mr G Dove-Edwin (Nigeria) Lie L.R Fabrega Sanchez (Panama) Mr K Ramadas (Malaysia) OF ARTICLE 56 28 October 1991 Agenda item The Assembly decided to waive the application ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CREDENTIALS of Article 56 of the IMO Convention COMMITTEE 28 October 1991 Agenda item 4(a) A Credentials Committee composed of representatives from Belgium, Ecuador, Romania, the United Arab Emirates and the United Republic of Tanzania was established ESTABLISHMENT OF OTHER COMMITTEES 28 October 1991 Agenda item 4(b) The Assembly established two main committees - Committee I (Administrative, Financial and Legal Committee) and Committee II (Technical Committee) - and assigned certain items of the agenda to them for consideration APPROVAL OF THE REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 29 October 1991 Agenda item The Assembly approved the report on the work of the Organization since the sixteenth regular session of the Assembly, submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 23 of the IMO Convention Other decisions - 407 DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCES 29 October 1991 Agenda item 16 (a) International Conference on the Revision of the 1974 Athens Convention; (b) Conference on International Co-operation on Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response The Assembly took note with satisfaction of the outcome of the above-mentioned diplomatic conferences The Assembly endorsed the decisions taken by the Council in respect of each conference REPORT ON EVALUATION ACTIVITIES 31 October and November 1991 Agenda item 20 The Assembly took note of the report on evaluation activities, recorded its appreciation for the Secretary-General's initiatives in this field and endorsed the decisions taken by the Council in this regard The Assembly further welcomed with appreciation the Secretary-General's initiative of preparing a comprehensive and integrated plan for developing human resources in the maritime field during the period 1992-2000 to assistdeveloping countries in implementing IMO's conventions and standards; urged Member Statesto indicate to him, when invited to so, their training needs in the various maritime disciplines; and appealed to Member States, aid agencies and donors to support the Secretary-General in his laudable efforts in manpower training The Assembly also reaffirmed that evaluation was an important management tool which would be of benefit to the future conduct of the activities of the Organization and requested the SecretaryGeneral to continue to give attention to this important subject ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCil November 1991 Agenda item 33 In accordance with Articles 16 and 17 of the IMO Convention as amended, the Assembly elected Members of the Council as follows: Under Article 17(a): Japan, the United Kingdom, Greece, the USSR,' the United States, Italy, Norway and China; Under Article 17(b): Germany, France, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, India, Sweden and Argentina; Under Article 17(c): the Republic of Korea, Spain, Nigeria, the Bahamas, Egypt, Cyprus, Indonesia, Mexico, Algeria, Australia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), the Philippines, Morocco and Panama * As from 26 December 1991 the Russian Federation continued the USSR's membership in the IMO Convention 408 - Other decisions ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE IMO STAFF PENSION COMMITTEE November 1991 Agenda item 34 In accordance with article of the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, the Assembly elected Mr Tito Yisuku Gafudzi (Zaire) as member and Captain R.G lewis (Cyprus) as alternate member on the IMO Staff Pension Committee for the 1992-1993 biennium IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES: PROGRESS REPORT November 1991 Agenda item 22 The Assembly noted the progress report of the Assembly Working Group on Privileges and Immunities The Assembly decided to maintain the Assembly Working Group, with the same terms of reference The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to continue his consultations with the host country, with the co-operation of the Working Group, and to keep the Council informed of any developments APPROVAL OF THE REPORTS OF THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE November 1991 Agenda item 10 The Assembly approved the reports of the Maritime Safety Committee on its fifty-eighth and fiftyninth sessions, subject to decisions taken in connection with the matters raised in these reports under the relevant items of the agenda APPROVAL OF THE REPORTS OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE November 1991 Agenda item 12 The Assembly approved the reports of the Marine Environment Protection Committee on its twentyeighth to thirty-first sessions, subject to decisions taken in connection with the matters raised in these reports under the relevant items of the agenda APPROVAL OF THE REPORTS OF THE LEGALCOMMITTEE November 1991 Agenda item 11 The Assembly approved the reports of the legal Committee on its sixty-second to sixty-fifth sessions, subject to decisions taken in connection with the matters raised in these reports under the relevant items of the agenda APPROVAL OF THE REPORTS OF THE TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE November 1991 Agenda item 13 The Assembly approved the reports of the Technical Co-operation Committee on its thirty-third to thirty-fifth sessions Other decisions - 409 The Assembly took note of the consultancy report on the review of the organ izational and management structure of IMO for the planning, implementation and assessment of the Organization's technical co-operation activities The Assembly endorsed the plan of the Secretary-General to convene an advisory group meeting in January 1992 open to all Member States to review the recommendations and consider all the implications of the consultancy report on the review of the technical co-operation activities of IMO so that an action plan can be developed APPROVAL OF THE REPORTS OF THE FACILITATION COMMITTEE November 1991 Agenda item 14 The Assembly approved the reports of the Facilitation sessions Committee on its nineteenth and twentieth COMPUTER DATABASE STUDY AND POSSIBLE LINK WITH ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF MAIL AND DOCUMENTS November 1991 Agenda item 18 The Assembly adopted the course of action recommended by the working group on the establishment of an IMO database Taking into account the deliberations in Committee I and the report of the working group, the Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to approve and sign the contract with Det norske Veritas (DnVC) for the setting up of a database, amended as appropriate, once it has been reviewed by the solicitors The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report on developments session of the Council in June 1992 The Assembly also took note of the information on developments of mail and documents RELATIONS WITH INTERGOVERNMENTAL to the sixty-eighth regular in respect of electronic transmission ORGANIZATIONS November 1991 Agenda item 31 The Assembly approved the conclusion of an agreement of co-operation Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) RELATIONS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL with the Port Management ORGANIZATIONS November 1991 Agenda item 32 The Assembly organizations: approved the grant of consultative (a) International Bar Association (IBA) (b) International Ocean Institute (101); and (c) Greenpeace 410 - Other decisions International status to the following non-governmental DETERMINATION OF THE PLACE AND DATE OF THE EIGHTEENTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY November 1991 Agenda item 39 The Assembly decided that its eighteenth regular session be scheduled for the autumn of 1993 at IMO Headquarters, the precise date to be determined by the Council at a later stage Status of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization As at March 1992 MEMBERS Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon CanadJ! Cape Verde Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Cote d'ivoire Cuba Cyprus Czechoslovakia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt EI Salvador DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE INSTRUMENT OF ACCEPTANCE 31 October 1963 June 1977 13 January 1986 18 June 1953 13 February 1952 April 1975 22 July 1976 22 September 1976 27 May 1976 January 1970 August 1951 13 September 1990 19 March 1980 July 1987 March 1963 31 December 1984 April 1960 January 1961 May 1961 15 October 1948 24 August 1976 17 February 1972 March 1973 19 November 1974 September 1975 March 1981 November 1960 May 1966 21 November 1973 October 1963 16 April 1986 June 1959 20 February 1979 18 December 1979 25 August 1953 12 July 1956 17 March 1958 12 February 1981 Status of the IMO Convention - 413 MEMBERS DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE INSTRUMENT OF ACCEPTANCE Equatorial Guinea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Germany1 Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Monaco Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal On October 1990, the German Democratic 414 - Septem ber 1972 31 January 1992 July 1975 14 March 1983 21 April 1959 April 1952 April 1976 11 January 1979 January 1959 July 1959 31 December 1958 16 March 1983 December 1975 December 1977 13 May 1980 23 June 1953 23 August 1954 10 June 1970 November 1960 January 1959 18 January 1961 January 1958 28 August 1973 26 February 1951 24 April 1952 28 January 1957 11 May 1976 17 March 1958 November 1973 22 August 1973 July 1960 May 1966 January 1959 16 February 1970 14 February 1991 March 1961 19 January 1989 17 June 1971 31 May 1967 22 June 1966 May 1961 18 May 1978 21 September 1954 22 December 1989 30 July 1962 17 January 1979 July 1951 31 January 1979 Republic acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany Status of the IMO Convention - DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE INSTRUMENT OF ACCEPTANCE 31 March 1949 November 1960 17 March 1982 15 March 1962 29 December 1958 30 january 1974 21 November 1958 31 December 1958 May 1976 15 April 1968 November 1964 16 March 1960 17 March 1976 19 May 1977 10 April 1962 28 April 1965 24 December 1958 10 April 1980 29 Apri I 1981 july 1990 25 February 1969 November 1960 13 June 1978 14 March 1973 17 January 1966 27 June 1988 April 1978 23 january 1962 April 1972 july 1974 14 October 1976 27 April 1959 20 July 1955 28 January 1963 20 September 1973 20 June 1983 27 April 1965 23 May 1963 25 March 1958 March 1980 Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swede'n Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay On 26 December 1991 the Russian Federation continued 14 17 10 the membership February 1949 January 1974 August 1950 May 1968 of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Status of the fMO Convention - 415 MEMBERS Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen1 Yugoslavia Zaire DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE INSTRUMENT OF ACCEPTANCE 21 October 1986 27 October 1975 12 June 1984 14 March 1979 12 February 1960 16 August 1973 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Hong Kong Macau June 1967 February 1990 On 22 May 1990, Democratic Yemen and Yemen merged to form a single State Since that date, they have been represented as one Member with the name "Yemen" 416 - Status of the IMO Convention ... 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