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RESOLUTION

443 XI

Adoptedon

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November 1979

Agenda i t em

10 b)

DEC S ONS OFTHESHPM STERWTH

REG RD

TO

M RTIME

S FETY

NDM RNEENVRONMENT PROTECTION

THESSEMBLY

REC LLINGAr t i cl e 16 h) of t he Conventi onon t he I nter-Governmental Mari ti me

Consul t at i ve

Ogani zati on concerni ng t he f unct i ons

of

t he Assembly,

DESIRNG

toensure

t hat shi ps compl y at al l

t i mes

wth

mari ti me saf et y

andmari ne

envi ronmental

pr ot ecti on st andar ds

and

procedures

pr escri bed

by

conventi ons

i n

f orce,

NOTING

t he numerous reports

of cont r avent i ons of

the

pr ovi si ons

of

convent i ons,

CONSIDERNG

hat

mari ti me saf et y and t he pr ot ecti on

of

t he mari ne envi ronment

must

be

the

shi pmast er s pri me

concern

i n

al l si tuati ons

whi ch

ari se and t hat

economc

and

other

pressures

on

the shi pmaster shoul d not

at

any

t i me

i nterf ere

wth

the deci si ons

he

must

take i n

t hat r egard,

CONSIDERNG

FURTHER

t hat

the deci si ons

on

mari ti me saf et y and mari ne envi ronment

pr otecti on

by

the

shipmaster

shoul d not be

u n u l y

i nf l uenced

by

i nstr ucti ons

gi ven by

s h i p o w n e r s c h a r t e r e r s o r o t h e r s c o n c e r n e d

I NV TES

Governments

t o

take

necessar y st eps t o saf eguard t he

shi pmaster

i n

t he

proper

di schar ge

of hi s responsi bi l i t i es

i n

regard to mari ti me saf et y and

the

pr ot ecti on of

the

mari ne

envi ronment

by

ensur i ng

t hat

:

a The shi pmaster

not

const r ai ned

by

the shi powner,

charterer or any

other person

f rom

t aki ng i n thi s r espect any deci si on

whi ch,

i n

the

pr of essi onal

j udgement

of

the

shi pmast er , necessar y

b

The shi pmaster

s protected

by

appr opr i at e pr ovi si ons,

i ncl udi ng t he ri ght

of

appeal ,

contai ned

i n, i nteral i a,

nati onal

l egi sl ati on,

col l ecti ve agreements or contracts of

empl oyment, f rom

unj usti f i abl e

di smssal or

other

unj usti f i abl e

acti on

by t he

shi p

owner,

charterer

or

any other person

as a consequence of t he

proper

exer ci se of hi s

pr of essi onal j udgement