1、Resolutionsand other decisions of the 23rd Assembly24 November 5 December 2003Resolutions 936 965BINTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATIONLondon, 2004Publishedin2004bytheINTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION4AlbertEmbankment,LondonSE17SRPrintedintheUnitedKingdombyHalstan(ii) hisstrongencouragementofeffectivepa
2、rticipationintheOrganizationsworkbyallsectorsoftheindustry,whichhasfosterednewpartnerships;(iii) his development of new sources of extrabudgetary funding to support the Organizationstechnical co-operation programme, which has better enabled developing States to adopt andimplementtheOrganizationsinst
3、ruments;(iv) his dedication to strengthening the relevance and capacity of the Organizations educationalinstitutions, which have become firmly established global providers of maritime training andeducation;and(v) his landmark successin creating the Seafarers Memorial Fund, which has won the warm and
4、generoussupportofthemaritimesectorandofseafarersinparticular,enablingthecreationofadistinguishedpublicmonumenttoseafarersatIMOHeadquarters,ResolutionA.936(23)3RECALLING Assembly resolution A.908(22) adopted by the Assembly at its twenty-second session inNovember2001,concerninganAgreementbetweentheOr
5、ganizationandtheHostStateregardingtheextension to Permanent Representatives and Divisional Directors of the full privileges and immunitiesprovidedintheConventiononthePrivilegesandImmunitiesoftheSpecializedAgencies,asmodifiedbyAnnexIIapplicabletoIMO,EXPRESSESITSDEEPAPPRECIATIONtotheSecretary-Generalf
6、orhistirelesseffortsinbringingthislong-standingmattertoasuccessfulconclusion,tothefullsatisfactionoftheCouncilandtheAssembly;andRECALLINGALSO:(i) hismosteffectivehandlingofthefinancialcrisiswhichfacedtheOrganizationinthelate1980sandearly1990s;(ii) hiscommitmenttoimprovingtheOrganizationsfinancialfra
7、meworkandtotheachievementofcontributionlevelsof98%,whichranktheOrganizationasamongthebestintheUnitedNationssystemintermsofcontributions;and(iii) his prudent management of the Organizations resources and consistent delivery of theOrganizationsworkprogrammeandbudget,andhiscommitment toincreasedtranspa
8、rency,innovationandmanagementofchange,EXPRESSESITSDEEPGRATITUDEANDAPPRECIATIONtoMr.WilliamA.ONeilforhispersonalcommitmentandcontributioninsuccessfullyfurtheringtheoverallpurposesoftheOrganizationbychartinganinspirationalcourse, and for achievements which have resulted in increased world-wide recogni
9、tion of IMOsorganizationaleffectiveness.4ResolutionA.936(23)ResolutionA.937(23)Adoptedon27November2003(Agendaitem35)APPROVALOFTHEAPPOINTMENTOFTHESECRETARY-GENERALTHEASSEMBLY,TAKING NOTE that the Council, on 18 June 2003, decided to appoint Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos asSecretary-GeneraloftheOrganiz
10、ationinaccordancewithArticle22oftheConventionontheInternationalMaritimeOrganization,APPROVES the appointment of Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos as Secretary-General of the InternationalMaritimeOrganization.ResolutionA.937(23)5ResolutionA.938(23)Adoptedon5December2003(Agendaitem31)RELATIONSWITHNON-GOVER
11、NMENTALORGANIZATIONSTHEASSEMBLY,RECALLING Part XV of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, and in particularArticle62,RECALLING that rule 1 of the Rules Governing Relationship with Non-Governmental InternationalOrganizations requires that consultative status granted by the Counc
12、il to such organizations be subjecttoapprovalbytheAssembly,RECALLINGFURTHERthatrule10ofthesameRulesprovidesforperiodicreviewbytheCouncilofthelistofnon-governmental international organizations in consultative status with IMO and for a report to besubmittedtotheAssemblyonthecontinuationofsuchstatus,NO
13、TINGtheGuidelinesontheGrantofConsultativeStatusestablishedbytheCouncilatitsfortiethsession,andnotingfurtherthedecisionoftheCouncilatitseighty-sixthsessiontoamendtheintroductiontotheGuidelines as well as rules1 and5 of the Rules Governing Relationship with Non-GovernmentalInternationalOrganizations,i
14、nordertoformalizethegrantofprovisionalconsultativestatus,ALSO NOTING the decision of the Council at its twenty-second extraordinary session to retain theconsultativestatusoftheInternationalBarAssociation(IBA),theIberoamericanInstituteofMaritimeLaw(IIDM)andGreenpeaceInternational,HAVINGCONSIDEREDthed
15、ecisionoftheCouncilatitsninetiethsessiontoapprovethegrantofconsultativestatustotheInternationalMarineTransitAssociation/Interferry(IMTA-Interferry)onaprovisionalbasis,NOTINGthedecisionoftheCouncilatitsninetiethsessiontoconverttheprovisionalstatusgrantedtotheAssociation of European Shipbuilders and S
16、hiprepairers (AWES) and the International Ship SuppliersAssociation(ISSA)tofullconsultativestatus,RECALLINGthattheCouncilatitsninetiethsessionnotedthenewnameoftheInternationalCargoHandlingCo-ordination Association (ICHCA) which, following its incorporation, has now become ICHCAInternationalLimited,W
17、ELCOMING the action taken by the Council to remind all non-governmental organizations of theimportance of their compliance with their undertakings to the Organization under rule 4 of the RulesGoverningRelationshipwithNon-GovernmentalInternationalOrganizations,andnotingtheundertakingsexpressedbyallth
18、enon-governmentalorganizations,NOTING that in accordance with previous decisions of the Council the attention of organizations inconsultativestatusshouldbedrawntotheirobligationstotakeallappropriatestepstocontributetotheworkofIMOintheirrespectivefieldsofwork,1. APPROVESthedecisionbytheCouncilwithreg
19、ardtothegrantofconsultativestatusonaprovisionalbasistotheInternationalMarineTransitAssociation/Interferry(IMTA-Interferry);andfurtherapprovesthedecisionbytheCounciltoconvertthestatusoftheAssociationofEuropeanShipbuildersandShiprepairers(AWES)andtheInternationalShipSuppliersAssociation(ISSA)intofulls
20、tatus;2. DECIDEStoretaintheconsultativestatusoftheInternationalBarAssociation(IBA);6ResolutionA.938(23)3. ALSODECIDEStoretaintheconsultativestatusoftheIberoamericanInstituteofMaritimeLaw(IIDM);4. FURTHERDECIDEStoretaintheconsultativestatusofGreenpeaceInternational;5. ENDORSES the decision of the Cou
21、ncil regarding the maintenance of consultative status by thefollowingorganizations:Dateconsultativestatusgranted1 InternationalChamberofShipping(ICS) 19612 InternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO) 19613 InternationalShippingFederationLtd(ISF) 19614 InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC
22、) 19615 InternationalUnionofMarineInsurance(IUMI) 19616 InternationalChamberofCommerce(ICC) 19617 InternationalConfederationofFreeTradeUnions(ICFTU) 19618 InternationalAssociationofMarineAidstoNavigationandLighthouseAuthorities(IALA) 19619 InternationalRadio-MaritimeCommittee(CIRM) 196110 Internatio
23、nalNavigationAssociation(PIANC) 196711 ComiteMaritimeInternational(CMI) 196712 InternationalAssociationofPortsandHarbors(IAPH) 196713 TheBalticandInternationalMaritimeCouncil(BIMCO) 196914 InternationalAssociationofClassificationSocieties(IACS) 196915 ICHCAInternational 196916 EuropeanChemicalIndust
24、ryCouncil(CEFIC) 197117 LatinAmericanShipownersAssociation(LASA) 197118 OilCompaniesInternationalMarineForum(OCIMF) 197119 InternationalMaritimePilotsAssociation(IMPA) 197320 FriendsoftheEarthInternational(FOEI) 197321 InstituteofInternationalContainerLessors(IICL) 197522 InternationalAssociationofD
25、rillingContractors(IADC) 197523 InternationalAssociationofInstitutesofNavigation(IAIN) 197524 InternationalAssociationofProducersofInsuranceandReinsurance(BIPAR) 197525 InternationalCouncilofMarineIndustryAssociations(ICOMIA) 197526 InternationalFederationofShipmastersAssociations(IFSMA) 197527 Inte
26、rnationalLife-SavingAppliancesManufacturersAssociation(ILAMA) 197528 InternationalSalvageUnion(ISU) 197529 InternationalAssociationofOilandGasProducers(OGP) 1975(previouslyknownasOilIndustryInternationalExplorationandProductionForum(EandPForum)30 InternationalAssociationofIndependentTankerOwners(INT
27、ERTANKO) 197931 InternationalGroupofPandIAssociations(PandI) 197932 TheInternationalTankerOwnersPollutionFederationLtd(ITOPF) 1981ResolutionA.938(23)7Dateconsultativestatusgranted33 TheWorldConservationUnion(IUCN) 198134 AdvisoryCommitteeOnProtectionofTheSea(ACOPS) 198335 SocietyofInternationalGasTa
28、nkerandTerminalOperatorsLimited(SIGTTO) 198336 InternationalLifeboatFederation(ILF) 198537 InternationalRoadTransportUnion(IRU) 198738 DangerousGoodsAdvisoryCouncil(DGAC) 198939 InternationalCouncilofCruiseLines(ICCL) 199340 InternationalAssociationofDryCargoShipowners(INTERCARGO) 199341 Internation
29、alMaritimeLecturersAssociation(IMLA) 199342 WorldWideFundForNature(WWF) 199343 AssociationofEuropeanManufacturersofInternalCombustionEngines(EUROMOT) 199344 InternationalPetroleumIndustryEnvironmentalConservationAssociation(IPIECA) 199545 TheInstituteofMarineEngineering,ScienceandTechnology(IMAREST)
30、 1995(previouslyknownasTheInstituteofMarineEngineers(IME)46 InternationalShipManagersAssociation(ISMA) 199547 InternationalParcelTankersAssociation(IPTA) 199748 InternationalSailingFederation(ISAF) 199949 TheInternationalMarineContractorsAssociation(IMCA) 199950 InternationalOceanInstitute(IOI) 1999
31、51 WorldNuclearTransportInstitute(WNTI) 199952 InternationalHarbourMastersAssociation(IHMA) 200153 InternationalBulkTerminalsAssociation(IBTA) 200154 InternationalChristianMaritimeAssociation(ICMA)200155 TheRoyalInstitutionofNavalArchitects(RINA) 200156 VesselOperatorsHazardousMaterialsAssociation,I
32、nc.(VOHMA) 20018ResolutionA.938(23)ResolutionA.939(23)Adoptedon28November2003(Agendaitem34)APPOINTMENTOFTHEEXTERNALAUDITORTHEASSEMBLY,RECALLINGArticles12.1and12.2oftheFinancialRegulationsoftheOrganization,TAKINGNOTEthattheFinancialRegulationsprovidethattheExternalAuditorshallbetheAuditorGeneral(orof
33、ficerholdingtheequivalenttitle)ofaMemberState,DECIDEStoappointthepersonatanytimeperformingthedutiesoftheComptrollerandAuditorGeneralofIndiaasExternalAuditorforaperiodoffouryears,commencing1July2004.ResolutionA.939(23)9ResolutionA.940(23)Adoptedon5December2003(Agendaitem12)ARREARSOFCONTRIBUTIONSTHEAS
34、SEMBLY,RECALLINGArticle55(b)oftheConventionontheInternationalMaritimeOrganizationwhichprovidesthattheAssemblyshallapportiontheexpensesoftheOrganizationinaccordancewithascaletobefixedbyitafterconsiderationoftheproposalsoftheCouncilthereon,RECALLINGALSOArticle56oftheConventionstatingthatanyMemberwhich
35、failstodischargeitsfinancialobligationtotheOrganizationwithinoneyearfromthedateonwhichitisdueshallhavenovoteintheAssembly, the Council, the Maritime Safety Committee, the Legal Committee, the Marine EnvironmentProtection Committee, the Technical Co-operation Committee or the Facilitation Committee u
36、nless theAssembly,atitsdiscretion,waivesthisprovision,RECALLINGALSOtheprovisionofRule56bisoftheRulesofProcedureoftheAssembly,underwhichanyMemberwishingtorequestawaiveroftheprovisionofArticle56inrespectofitselfshallsubmitawrittenapplication to the Secretary-General giving reasons therefor, with a pay
37、ment schedule indicating thetimescaleoverwhicharrearswillbepaid,RECALLINGALSOtheprovisionofRule56teroftheRulesofProcedureoftheAssemblywhichstatesthatanyMemberseekingelectiontotheCouncilshallhavedischargeditsfinancialobligationstotheOrganizationorshallhavecommitteditselftoaschedulesubmittedtotheSecre
38、tary-Generalsotodo,RECALLING FURTHER Regulation 5.4 of the Financial Regulations of the Organization, under whichcontributions are considered as due and payable in full within thirty days of receipt of the notice ofassessmentissuedbytheSecretary-Generalorasofthefirstdayofthecalendaryeartowhichtheyre
39、late,whicheveristhelater,WELCOMINGtheSecretary-GeneralscontinuouseffortstosecuretimelypaymentfromMemberStates,NOTINGthatitisintheinterestsofallMemberStatestoexpeditepaymentofcontributionsinorderthattheOrganizationcanfocusonitsprimaryaimsofimprovingsafetyatseaandreducingmarinepollution,RECALLINGWITHC
40、ONCERNthatthelevelofarrearsofcontributionshascausedseriousdifficultiesinthepastinthefinancialmanagementoftheOrganizationandintheexecutionofitsworkprogramme,WELCOMINGtheeffortswhichanumberofcountrieshavemadetopayofftheirarrearsandtosettlethecurrentyearscontribution,CONSIDERINGthatthetimelypaymentofco
41、ntributionsisessentialtoenabletheOrganizationtomaintainitsworkprogramme,1. INVITES the attention of Member States to the provisions of resolution A.629(15)B under which acontributionsincentiveschemeiscurrentlyinoperationtoencourageearlypaymentofcontributions;2. URGESMemberStatestomakepaymentofanyarr
42、earsattheearliestdate;3. ALSOURGESMemberStatestomakepaymentoftheircontributionforthecurrentyearinaccordancewithRegulation5.4oftheFinancialRegulations;10ResolutionA.940(23)4. REQUESTSallMembersoftheCounciltosetanexampleinthisregardbythepromptpaymentofthecurrentyearscontribution;5. REQUESTStheCouncilt
43、ocontinuetotreattheproblemofarrearsofcontributionsasamatterofhighpriority;6. FURTHERREQUESTStheSecretary-GeneraltobringthisresolutiontotheattentionofallMemberStates,andtocontinuetotakeallpossiblestepstoensurepromptpaymentofeachcurrentyearscontributionsandofarrearsofcontributions.ResolutionA.940(23)1
44、1ResolutionA.941(23)Adoptedon5December2003(Agendaitem13)PRESENTATIONOFACCOUNTSANDAUDITREPORTSTHEASSEMBLY,RECALLING that Regulation 12.10 of the Financial Regulations of the Organization provides for thetransmission of the External Auditors reports through the Council, together with the audited finan
45、cialstatements,totheAssembly,NOTINGtheSecretary-Generalspresentationofthefinalaccountsforthetwenty-firstfinancialperiod20002001,andtheaccountsofIMOstransactionsfor2001asaparticipatingandexecutingagencyofUNDP,togetherwiththeExternalAuditorsreportandopinionsthereon,NOTING FURTHER the Secretary-General
46、s presentation of the accounts for the first year of the twenty-secondfinancialperiod20022003,andtheaccountsofIMOstransactionsfor2002asaparticipatingandexecutingagencyofUNDP,togetherwiththeExternalAuditorsreportsandopinionsthereon,BEARINGINMINDthattheCouncilatitseighty-ninthsessionandtwenty-secondex
47、traordinarysession,onthe basis of the report of an Intersessional Working Group on Accounts and Audit reconvened by theCouncil at its eighty-eighth and ninetieth sessions, approved these accounts and audit reports fortransmissiontotheAssemblyatitstwenty-thirdregularsession,1. APPROVEStheaccountsandt
48、heauditreportsthereonforthetwenty-firstfinancialperiod20002001andforIMOsparticipationinUNDPin2001;2. APPROVEStheaccountsandtheauditreportsthereonforthefirstyearofthetwenty-secondfinancialperiod20022003andforIMOsparticipationinUNDPin2002.12ResolutionA.941(23)ResolutionA.942(23)Adoptedon5December2003(
49、Agendaitem14)WORKPROGRAMMEANDBUDGETFORTHETWENTY-THIRDFINANCIALPERIOD20042005A. WORKPROGRAMMEANDBUDGETFOR20042005THEASSEMBLY,RECALLING Article 15 of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization and in particularparagraphs (f) and (g) thereof with regard to the functions of the Assembly in relation to the workprogrammeandbudget,RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.726(17) by which the revised assessment formula for apportioning thecontributionsofMemberStatestotheOrganizationsbudgetandamendmentstotheRulesofProcedureoftheAssemb
