Resolution
А.981(24)
NEW LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT ON SHIP RECYCLING
(Adopted on 1 December 2005)
THE
ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING
Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and
guidelines concerning maritime safety, the prevention and control of marine
pollution from ships and other matters concerning the effect of shipping on the
marine environment,
RECALLING
ALSO resolution A.962(23)
by which it adopted the IMO Guidelines on Ship Recycling with the aim of
providing guidance for the involved stakeholders as to "best
practice", which takes into account the ship recycling process throughout
the life cycle of the ship,
RECALLING
FURTHER resolution A.980(24)
by which it adopted amendments to the IMO Guidelines on Ship Recycling
(resolution A.962(23)),
NOTING
the roles of the International Labour Organization and the Basel Convention on
matters related to ship recycling,
RECOGNIZING
the urgent need for the Organization to contribute to the development of an
effective solution to the issue of ship recycling that will minimize, in the
most effective, efficient and sustainable way, the environmental, occupational,
health and safety risks related to ship recycling, taking into account at the
same time the particular characteristics of world maritime transport and the
need for securing the smooth withdrawal of ships that have reached the end of
their operating lives,
CONSIDERING
that the above-mentioned objective may best be achieved by establishing a new
IMO instrument with a view to providing legally binding and globally applicable
ship recycling regulations for international shipping and for ship recycling
facilities,
RECOGNIZING
ALSO the significant progress made by the Marine Environment Protection
Committee, at its fifty-third session, in considering the development of the
appropriate mandatory requirements on ship recycling, including a preliminary
draft of a possible structure for the new instrument on ship recycling,