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Teema: ACL 04/2019 - Deadline 20 July 2019
Manused: ACL04_2019_EN_v1.pdf
Dear Sir,
Please find attached herewith :
ACL 04/2019 : 2nd SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY (A-2) - Monaco, 21-24 April 2020
INVITED OBSERVERS
Kind regards
IHO Secretariat
IHO File No. S1/6100/2020
ASSEMBLY CIRCULAR LETTER N° 4
08 May 2019
2nd SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY (A-2)
Monaco, 21-24 April 2020
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INVITED OBSERVERS
References:
A. General Regulations of the IHO, Article 4
B. Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, Rule 5
C. IHO Resolution 5/1957, as amended, IHO Relations with Other Organizations
D. IHO Circular Letter 20/2019, dated 28 March - The IHO Online Form System for Responses to
Circular Letters and Input to IHO Publications (P-5 and C-55)
E. Assembly Circular Letter No.1 dated 29 April 2019 - Announcement and General Arrangements
Dear Hydrographer,
1. In accordance with References A and B, the Secretary-General will issue invitations to Observers
to attend the 2nd Session of the IHO Assembly (A-2) to be held from 21 to 24 April 2020 from:
a) States that are not Parties to the IHO Convention: one or two observers each, if proposed by a
Member State, the Council or the Secretary-General, and subject to approval by two thirds of the
Member States;
b) Member States with rights suspended under Article XV of the Convention, as implemented in
accordance with Article 16 of the Financial Regulations: one or two observers each, one of whom
should preferably be the head of the hydrographic office;
c) Inter-governmental organizations with which an agreement or special arrangement has been made:
one or exceptionally two observers each; and
d) Non-governmental international organizations with which the Organization has established
appropriate relationships in accordance with the Reference C resolution for the Accreditation of
Non-governmental International Organizations: one or exceptionally two observers each.
2. The lists of Observers in the Annex was prepared according to the categories above, indicating the
governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental international organizations that are
eligible to be invited to send Observers to the A-2.
3. Member States are invited to review the lists in the Annex and to provide their comments to the IHO
Secretariat, if they wish, before 20 July 2019, preferably using the IHO Online Form System (see Reference
D) by accessing the following link or by email (
[email protected]) or by fax (+377 93 10 81 40):
https://iho.formstack.com/forms/web_form_acl_04_2019
Hydrographic information driving marine knowledge
4. The Secretary-General will prepare the final lists of governments and organizations to be invited to
A-2 and will submit the lists to Member States for approval as required by References A and B.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Mathias JONAS
Secretary-General
Annex: Lists of non-IHO Member States, suspended IHO Member States,
Inter-governmental organizations, and Non-governmental international organizations.
Annex to ACL 4
LISTS OF NON-IHO MEMBER STATES, SUSPENDED IHO MEMBER STATES,
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1. List of governments that are not Parties to the Convention on the IHO
Afghanistan Gambia Niger
Albania Ghana Niue
Andorra Grenada Palau
Angola Guinea Panama
Antigua and Barbuda Guinea-Bissau Paraguay
Armenia Haiti Republic of Moldova
Austria Holy See Rwanda
Azerbaijan Honduras Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bahamas Hungary Saint Lucia
Barbados Iraq Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
Belarus Israel Samoa
Belize Jordan San Marino
Benin Kazakhstan Sao Tome and Principe
Bhutan Kenya Senegal
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Kiribati Sierra Leone
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kyrgyzstan Slovakia
Botswana Lao People's Democratic Solomon Islands
Republic
Burkina Faso Lebanon Somalia
Burundi Lesotho South Sudan
Cabo Verde Liberia State of Palestine
Cambodia Libya Sudan
Central African Republic Liechtenstein Swaziland
Chad Lithuania Switzerland
Comoros Luxembourg Tajikistan
Congo Madagascar North Macedonia
Cook Islands Malawi Timor-Leste
Costa Rica Maldives Togo
Côte d'Ivoire Mali Turkmenistan
Czech Republic Marshall Islands Tuvalu
Djibouti Mauritania Uganda
Dominica Micronesia (Federated States of) United Republic of Tanzania
El Salvador Mongolia Uzbekistan
Equatorial Guinea Namibia Yemen
Eritrea Nauru Zambia
Ethiopia Nepal Zimbabwe
Gabon Nicaragua
Note: this list is based on the list of UN Member States, UN Observer States and the two non-UN members
(Niue and Cook Islands).
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2. List of suspended Member States of the IHO
Democratic Republic of the Congo Serbia Syrian Arab Republic
3. List of intergovernmental organizations with which an agreement or special arrangement has
been made with IHO
Organization
Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
European Commission (EC) (Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE))
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA)
Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)
Pacific Community (SPC)
Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
Port Management Association of Western and Central Africa (PMAWCA)
United Nations Organization (UN)
- DOALOS
- UNGGIM
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
4. List of Non-Governmental International Organizations with which the Organization has
established appropriate relationships (in accordance with IHO Resolution 5/1957)
Organization
Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO)
Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO)
Chart & Nautical Instrument Trade Association (CNITA)
Comité International Radio Maritime (CIRM)
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
Defence Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG)
East Asia Regional ENC Coordination Centre (EA-RECC)
Inland ENC Harmonization Group (IEHG)
Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO)
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International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN)
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)
International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH)
International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
International Cartographic Association (ICA)
International Centre for ENCs (IC - ENC)
International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS)
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
International Geographical Union (IGU)
International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA)
International Maritime Pilots' Association (IMPA)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
International Association of Tank Owners (INTERTANKO)
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
PRIMAR
Professional Yachting Association (PYA)
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) Aeronautics
Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA)
World Ocean Council (WOC)
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