HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974,
concerning the safety of ro-ro passenger ships,
NOTING that a number of the adopted requirements concerning
carriage of equipment require such equipment to take account of, or
conform to, requirements, guidelines or performance standards adopted
by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) which have yet to
be developed,
BEING OF THE OPINION that the performance standards referred
to above should be developed to enable manufacturers to develop suitable
equipment and ships to fit the equipment before the amendments to
the SOLAS Convention, adopted by the Conference,
enter into force,
REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee of IMO to develop
as a matter of urgency: