Amendments to the Convention on the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization, London, 1964 Done at London 28 September 1964

Entered into force 6 October 1967

Primary source citation: 18 UST 1299, TIAS 6285

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INTER-GOVERNMENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION IMCO CHANCERY HOUSE, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, W.C.2 Telegrams: INMARCORLONDON, W.C.2 Telephone: CHANCERY 2156

RESOLUTION A.69(ES.II) adopted on 15 September 1964

THE ASSEMBLY,

RECOGNIZING the need

(i) To increase the number of members on the Council,

(ii) To have all members of the Council elected by the Assembly,

(iii) To have equitable geographic representation of Member States on the Council, and

CONSEQUENTLY HAVING ADOPTED, at the second extraordinary session of the Assembly held in London on 10-15 September 1964, the amendments, the texts of which are contained in the Annex to this Resolution, to Articles 17 and 18 of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization,

DECIDES to postpone consideration of the proposed amendment to Article 28 of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization to the next session of the Assembly in 1965,

DETERMINES, in accordance with the provisions of Article 52 of the Convention, that each amendment adopted hereunder is of such a nature that any Member which hereafter declares that it does not accept such amendment and which does not accept the amendment within a period of twelve months after the amendment comes into force shall, upon the expiration of this period, cease to be a Party to the Convention,

REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization to effect the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the adopted amendments in conformity with Article 53 of the Convention and to receive declarations and instruments of acceptance as provided for in Article 54, and

INVITES the Member Governments to accept each adopted amendment at the earliest possible date after receiving a copy thereof from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, by communicating an instrument of acceptance to the Secretary-General for deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

1. The existing text of Article 17 of the Convention is replaced by the following:

The Council shall be composed of eighteen members elected by the Assembly.

2. The existing text of Article 18 of the Convention is replaced by the following:

In electing the members of the Council, the Assembly shall observe the following principles:

(a) six shall be governments of States with the largest interest in providing international shipping services;

(b) six shall be governments of other States with the largest interest in international seaborne trade;

(c) six shall be governments of States not elected under (a) or (b) above, which have special interests in maritime transport or navigation and whose election to the Council will ensure the representation of all major geographic areas of the world.

Certified a true copy of Assembly Resolution A.69(ES.II) of 15 September 1964 and of its Annex

Jean Roullier Secretary-General of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization

22 September 1964