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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE
SAFETY OF FISHING VESSELS
Agenda item 9
SFV-P/CONF.1/15
29 October 2012
Original: ENGLISH
ADOPTION OF THE FINAL ACT AND ANY INSTRUMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS RESULTING FROM THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE
FINAL ACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON THE SAFETY OF FISHING VESSELS
Text adopted by the Conference
1
In accordance with Article 2(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime
Organization, the Council of the Organization, at its 106th session (27 June to 1 July 2011),
approved a request of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization, at its eighty-ninth
session (11 to 20 May 2011), that a diplomatic conference be convened to consider the
adoption of an Agreement on the Implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993
relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977.
The Assembly of the Organization, at its twenty-seventh regular session (21 to 30 November
2011), concurred with this decision, in resolution A.1039(27) of 30 November 2011 on the
Results-based Budget for the 2012-2013 Biennium.
2
The Conference was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre,
Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa, from 9 to 11 October
2012, following the kind offer of the Government of the Republic of South Africa to provide
host facilities.
3
The following 58 States were represented at the Conference by the following
delegations:
ALGERIA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
CANADA
CHILE
CHINA
CONGO
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
CYPRUS
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
DENMARK
ECUADOR
GAMBIA
GERMANY
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GHANA
ICELAND
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
IRAQ
IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
KENYA
LIBERIA
LITHUANIA
MALAYSIA
MALTA
MAURITIUS
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
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NAMIBIA
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NIGERIA
NORWAY
OMAN
PANAMA
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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SAUDI ARABIA
SIERRA LEONE
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
THAILAND
TOGO
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
VANUATU
VIET NAM
YEMEN
The following United Nations agencies sent observers to the Conference:
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)
5
The following intergovernmental organization sent observers to the Conference:
EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC)
6
The following non-governmental organizations sent observers to the Conference:
COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL RADIO-MARITIME (CIRM)
WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF)
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS' FEDERATION (ITF)
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The Conference was opened by Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General of the
International Maritime Organization. The Honourable Dikobe Ben Martins (MP), Minister of
Transport of the Republic of South Africa, addressed the Conference on behalf of the
President of the Republic of South Africa and welcomed the participants on behalf of the
Government of the Republic of South Africa.
8
The Conference elected The Honourable Dikobe Ben Martins (MP), Minister of
Transport of the Republic of South Africa, as President of the Conference.
9
The Vice-Presidents elected by the Conference were:
Vice Admiral Enrique Larrañaga, Director General, Directorate General of the
Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine, Chile;
Mr. Masato Mori, Deputy Director General, Engineering Affairs, Maritime Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan; and
Mr. Andrzej Kossowski, Counsellor (Maritime Affairs), Permanent Representative of
the Republic of Poland to IMO, Embassy of the Republic of Poland, London.
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The Secretariat of the Conference consisted of the following officers:
Secretary-General:
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Mr. Koji Sekimizu
Secretary-General of the Organization
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Executive Secretary:
Mr. Andrew Winbow
Assistant Secretary-General/Director
Maritime Safety Division
Deputy Executive Secretaries:
Mr. Joseph Westwood-Booth
Senior Deputy Director
Sub-Division for Marine Technology and Cargoes
Maritime Safety Division
Ms Heike Deggim
Head, Marine Technology Section
Sub-Division for Marine Technology and Cargoes
Maritime Safety Division
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The Conference established a Committee of the Whole with the mandate to
consider the draft Agreement on the Implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993
relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977,
and any related recommendations and resolutions.
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The Drafting Committee established by the Conference was composed of
representatives of the following nine States:
CANADA
CHILE
CHINA
CYPRUS
NETHERLANDS
NIGERIA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TOGO
UNITED KINGDOM
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A Credentials Committee was appointed to examine the credentials of
representatives attending the Conference. The Committee was composed of representatives
of the following five States:
ARGENTINA
INDONESIA
KENYA
MOROCCO
NORWAY
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The officers elected for the Committees were as follows:
Committee of the Whole
Chairman:
First Vice-Chairman:
Second Vice-Chairman:
Mr. Miguel Palomares (Spain)
Mr. Jaideep Sirkar (United States)
Mrs. Jemilat J. Mahamah (Ghana)
Drafting Committee
Chairman:
Vice-Chairman:
Ms Laureen Kinney (Canada)
Mr. Guangling Li (China)
Credentials Committee
Chairman:
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Mr. Mohammed S. Oualid (Morocco)
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The Conference used as the basis of its work the draft Agreement on the
Implementation of the 1993 Protocol relating to the 1977 Torremolinos Convention on the
Safety of Fishing Vessels, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and
on Fishing Vessels Safety, at its fifty-third session, and agreed by the Maritime Safety
Committee, at its eighty-ninth session.
16
Also before the Conference were proposals and comments on, and suggested
amendments to, the draft Agreement, submitted to the Conference by Governments, a
United Nations agency and the Secretariat of the Organization.
17
As a result of its deliberations, recorded in the reports of the respective Committees
and in the records of decisions of plenary meetings of the Conference and meetings of the
Committee of the Whole, the Conference adopted the Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on the
Implementation of the Provisions of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the
Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977, which
constitutes attachment 1 to this Final Act.
18
The Conference also adopted the following six resolutions set forth in attachment 2
to this Final Act:
Resolution 1:
Early implementation of the Agreement
Resolution 2:
Avoidance of a situation in which two conflicting treaty regimes are
operational
Resolution 3:
Promotion of technical co-operation and provision of technical
assistance
Resolution 4:
Preparation of a consolidated text
Resolution 5:
Procedure for calculating the number of fishing vessels of each
Contracting State by the Depositary
Resolution 6:
Expression of appreciation to the host Government
19
This Final Act is established in a single original text in the Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian and Spanish languages and is deposited, including its attachments, with the
Secretary-General of the Organization.
20
The Secretary-General of the Organization shall send certified copies of this
Final Act and its attachment 2 and certified copies of the authentic text of the Cape Town
Agreement of 2012, referred to in paragraph 17 above, to the Governments of the States
invited to be represented at the Conference.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have affixed their signatures to this Final Act.
DONE AT CAPE TOWN this eleventh day of October two thousand and twelve.
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