BEING AWARE of the ecological, socio-economic and scientific
attributes of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument,
as well as its vulnerability to damage by international shipping activities
and the steps taken by the United States to address that vulnerability,
NOTING the Revised Guidelines for the Identification and
Designation of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas adopted by resolution A.982(24) (PSSA Guidelines)
and the Revised Guidance Document for Submission of PSSA Proposals
to IMO set forth in MEPC/Circ.510,
HAVING CONSIDERED the proposal made by the Government of
the United States that the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National
Monument be designated as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area,
HAVING AGREED that the criteria for the identification and
designation of a Particularly Sensitive Area provided in resolution A.982(24) are fulfilled for
the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument,
HAVING NOTED that the Maritime Safety Committee, at its
eighty-third session, in considering the necessary associated protective
measures, adopted new and amended, routeing measures, as well as a
new ship reporting system applicable to the proposed Particularly
Sensitive Sea Area,
1 DESIGNATES the Papahānaumokuākea
Marine National Monument described in annex
1 as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area;
2 INVITES Member Governments to recognize the
ecological, socio-economic, and scientific attributes of the area,
set forth in annex 2, as well as its vulnerability to damage by international
shipping activities, as described in annex
3; and
3 FURTHER INVITES Member Governments to note the
associated protective measures established to address the area’s
vulnerability, the details of which are contained in annex 4, and request ships flying
their flag that they act in accordance with such measures.