E CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON STANDARDS OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS, 1978 Agenda item 10
STCW/CONF.2/32 1 July 2010 Original: ENGLISH
ADOPTION OF THE FINAL ACT AND ANY INSTRUMENTS, RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RESULTING FROM THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE Final Act of the Conference of Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978 Text adopted by the Conference
1 Pursuant to the request of Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, (hereafter referred to as the 1978 STCW Convention) at the eighty-fourth session of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization and subsequent decisions by the Council of the Organization at its one hundredth session and the Assembly of the Organization at its twenty-sixth session, and in accordance with article XII(1)(b) of the 1978 STCW Convention, a Conference of Parties to the 1978 STCW Convention was convened, in consultation with the Director-General of the International Labour Office, to consider amendments to the annex to the 1978 STCW Convention and the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code. 2 The Conference was held at the Philippine International Convention Centre in Manila, the Philippines, from 21 to 25 June 2010. 3 Representatives of 85 States Parties to the 1978 STCW Convention participated in the Conference, namely the representatives of: ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BANGLADESH BELGIUM BELIZE BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM CANADA CHILE I:\CONF\STCW\2\32.doc
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