CHAPTER XII
NAVIGATION1eAmendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization relating to the institutionalization of the Committee on Technical Co-operation in the ConventionLondon, 17 November 197710 November 1984, in accordance with article 62 of the Convention as amended, for all members of the Organization*.10 November 1984, No. 4214Parties*.United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1380, p. 268.See " <i>Note: </i>" at beginning of chapter XII.1. The amendments were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization by resolution A.400 (X) of 17 November 1977. Pursuant to article 64 of the Convention, the acceptance of an amendment shall be made by the communication of an instrument to the Secretary-General of the Organization for deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Following is the list of States which had accepted the Amendments to the Convention prior to their entry into force. *See chapter XII.1 for the complete list of Participants, Members of the International Maritime Organization, for which the above amendments are in force, pursuant to article 66 of the Convention as amended.
Participant<superscript>1</superscript>Acceptance(A)Argentina26 May 1981 AAustralia10 Jun 1980 AAustria 6 Apr 1983 ABahamas 1 Mar 1979 ABahrain25 Apr 1980 ABangladesh 8 Oct 1979 ABarbados20 Aug 1979 ABrazil20 Mar 1979 ABulgaria 4 Mar 1980 ACanada19 Nov 1979 ACape Verde23 Apr 1980 AChile13 Feb 1979 AChina30 Oct 1979 ACôte d'Ivoire 4 Nov 1981 ACuba26 Oct 1982 ACyprus10 Jul 1979 ADenmark 2 Jan 1979 ADjibouti20 Feb 1979 ADominica18 Dec 1979 ADominican Republic10 Nov 1983 AEgypt17 Nov 1980 AEl Salvador12 Feb 1981 AEthiopia11 Apr 1979 AFinland19 Nov 1979 AGabon27 Feb 1979 AGambia11 Jan 1979 AGermany<superscript>2,3</superscript> 2 Apr 1979 AGhana 5 Feb 1980 AGreece28 Jul 1981 AGuyana13 May 1980 AHungary31 Mar 1980 AIceland28 Jul 1980 AIndia22 Jan 1979 AIndonesia29 Jul 1983 AIraq 5 Sep 1979 AIreland27 Oct 1981 AIsrael31 Dec 1979 AItaly<superscript>4</superscript>13 Jun 1983 AJamaica 9 Apr 1979 AKuwait27 Nov 1979 ALiberia14 Dec 1979 AMalaysia28 Sep 1981 AMaldives25 Feb 1980 AMalta23 Apr 1979 AMexico23 Mar 1983 AMorocco<superscript>5</superscript>25 Jul 1980 AMozambique10 Nov 1983 ANepal31 Jan 1979 ANetherlands<superscript>6</superscript>29 Jun 1981 ANew Zealand 9 Mar 1979 ANicaragua17 Mar 1982 ANorway 5 Sep 1978 AOman22 May 1981 APakistan23 Jan 1981 APanama23 Dec 1980 APeru21 Jan 1980 APhilippines17 Nov 1981 APoland 2 Jan 1980 APortugal22 Dec 1982 ARepublic of Korea31 May 1979 ARomania14 Sep 1982 ARussian Federation 2 Jul 1979 ASaudi Arabia 1 Aug 1979 ASeychelles 7 Jul 1982 ASingapore15 Jun 1979 ASpain14 Apr 1981 ASri Lanka16 Jan 1980 ASt. Lucia10 Apr 1980 ASt. Vincent and the Grenadines29 Apr 1981 ASuriname11 Apr 1979 ASweden 5 Jan 1979 ASwitzerland22 May 1981 AThailand20 Feb 1981 ATogo20 Jun 1983 ATrinidad and Tobago22 Aug 1984 ATunisia 1 Aug 1979 AUnited Arab Emirates 2 Nov 1981 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>7</superscript>22 Feb 1980 AUnited Republic of Tanzania23 Apr 1979 AUnited States of America28 Aug 1980 AUruguay17 Dec 1980 AYemen<superscript>8</superscript>14 Mar 1979 A
1The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 27 June 1979. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugsoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.2See note 1 under “Germany” regarding Berlin (West) in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.3The German Democratic Republic had deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendments with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation on 29 January 1980 and with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 5 February 1980. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.4Acceptance by the Government of Italy of the 1977 amendments exclude the amendment to what was article 52 at the time of adoption of resolution A.400(X) of 17 November 1977 and became article 62 with the entry into force of the amendments adopted by resolutions A.315 (ES.V) of 17 October 1974 and A.358 (IX) of 14 November 1975 (see chapter XII.1.d).5With the same declaration as the one made in respect of the Convention (see chapter XII.1).6For the Kingdom in Europe, Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles. See also note 1 under “Netherlands” regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.722 February 1980: acceptance of the amendments except those relating to article 51 of the Convention.In a communication accompanying the instrument of acceptance, the Government of the United Kingdom stated the following:"Although this instrument does not include the amendments to article 51 and should not therefore be counted among the acceptances required for the coming into force of those amendments, [the Secretary of State writes] to inform [the Secretary-General], for the sake of clarification, that the Government of the United Kingdom does not wish to make a "declaration" of non-acceptance under the provisions of the present article 51, and will consider itself bound by the amendments to article 51 when these come into force for all Members of IMCO."28 September 1981: acceptance of amendments to article 51.8Democratic Yemen had deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendments with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation on 13 June 1983 and with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 20 June 1983. See also note 1 under “Yemen” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.