RESOLUTION A.703(17)
 adopted on 6 November 1991

     
     
TRAINING OF RADIO PERSONNEL IN THE GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS)

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,

CONSIDERING the 1987 amendments to the Radio Regulations, the 1988 amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), and the 1991 amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW), for introduction of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS),

NOTING that the 1991 amendments to regulation IV/2 of the STCW Convention require that, in determining the appropriate level of knowledge and training for certification of GMDSS radio personnel, the Administration shall also take into account the relevant recommendations of the Organization,

NOTING ALSO that resolutions 14 and 15 of the International Conference on Training and Certification of Seafarers, 1978, concerning the training and certification of radio officers and radiotelephone operators do not apply to radio personnel on ships operating in the GMDSS,