CONFERENCE
OF CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF THE 1974 SOLAS CONVENTION
ON MARITIME SECURITY

RESOLUTION 2
adopted on 12 December 2002

ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT FACILITY SECURITY
(ISPS) CODE

THE CONFERENCE,

HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), concerning special measures to enhance maritime safety and security,

CONSIDERING that the new chapter XI-2 of the Convention makes a reference to an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code and requires that ships, companies and port facilities to comply with the relevant requirements of part A of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code (hereinafter referred to as "the Code"), as specified in the part A of the Code,

BEING OF THE OPINION that the implementation by Contracting Governments of the said chapter will greatly contribute to the enhancement of maritime safety and security and safeguarding those on board and ashore,

HAVING CONSIDERED a draft of the Code prepared by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (hereinafter referred to as "the Organization"), at its seventy-fifth and seventy-sixth session, for consideration and adoption by the Conference,