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[Crest No.3]

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE

CANBERRA

Amendments to Articles 16, 17 and 19(B) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization of 6 March 1948

(London, 4 November 1993)

Entry into force Generally: 7 November 2002

Entry into force for Australia: 7 November 2002

AUSTRALIAN TREATY SERIES

2003 ATS 8

Amendments to Articles 16, 17 and 19(B) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization of 6 March 1948

PART VI

The Council

Article 16

Replace text of Article 16 by:

"The Council shall be composed of forty Members elected by the Assembly."

Article 17

Replace text of Article 17 by:

"In electing the Members of the Council, the Assembly shall observe the following criteria:

(a) ten shall be States with the largest interest in providing international shipping services;

(b) ten shall be other States with the largest interest in international seaborne trade;

(c) twenty shall be States not elected under (a) or (b) above which have special interests in maritime transport or navigation, and whose election to the Council will ensure the representation of all major geographic areas of the world."

Article 19(b)

Replace text of Article 19(b) by:

"(b) Twenty-six Members of the Council shall constitute a quorum."