THE ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING Article 16(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning
the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations concerning maritime safety,
RECOGNIZING that emergency position-indicating radio beacons improve the safety of life at sea
and greatly facilitate search and rescue,
RECALLING that resolution A.217(VII) recommends that Administrations require ships to be
equipped with emergency position-indicating radio beacons,
NOTING the favourable experience at ready gained with emergency position-indicating radio
beacons operating in conjunction with existing satellite systems such as COSPAS/SARSAT and
INMARSAT,
NOTING FURTHER that the Maritime Safety Committee will consider the carriage of float-free
satellite emergency position-indicating radio beacons on ships as part of the future global maritime
distress and safety system,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its
forty-eighth session,
RECOMMENDS Administrations, when implementing resolution A.217(VII) and until a satellite
emergency position-indicating radio beacon system has been internationally agreed, to encourage the
carriage of float-free emergency position-indicating radio beacons operating on frequencies
compatible with existing satellite search and rescue systems
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