IHO File No. S3/6004 CIRCULAR LETTER 07/2019
23 January 2019
ADOPTION OF REVISION TO IHO RESOLUTION 6/2009
References:
A. Publication M-3, 2nd Edition 2010 - Updated to August 2018 - Resolutions of the IHO.
B. IHO CL 56/2018 dated 13 November - Call for approval of revision to IHO Resolution 6/2009.
Dear Hydrographer,
1. The approval of Member States on the proposed amendments of IHO Resolution 6/2009 (see
Reference A) was requested by Reference B.
2. The Secretariat would like to thank the following 56 Member States that replied to Reference B:
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba,
Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia,
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea , Latvia, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco,
Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar,
Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay.
3. All 56 Member States approved the proposed amendments to IHO Resolution 6/2009. Three
Member States offered comments in addition to their votes for this Resolution. These comments and the
outcome of their review by the Secretariat are provided in Annex A to this Circular Letter.
4. When Reference B was issued, there were 89 Member States of the IHO with three States
suspended. In accordance with the provisions of the Convention on the IHO as amended, the minimum
number of affirmative votes required is 29. As a result, the amendments to the IHO Resolution 6/2009,
as amended, have been adopted.
5. The final text of the adopted amendments to the IHO Resolution 6/2009 will be incorporated into
a new Edition of the IHO Publication M-3 Resolutions of the IHO to be completed by the Secretariat in
due course.
On behalf of the Secretary-General
Yours sincerely,
Mustafa IPTES
Director
Annex A: Member States’ responses to IHO CL 56/2018 and comments from the IHO Secretariat.
Hydrographic information driving marine knowledge
Annex A to IHO CL 07/2019
MEMBER STATES’ RESPONSES TO IHO CL 56/2018
AND COMMENTS FROM THE IHO SECRETARIAT
AMMENDMENTS TO THE IHO RESOLUTION 6/2009
Australia (Vote = YES)
Ian Halls (IHR Editor) has identified two errors in the clean version (PDF) where the strikethrough
has not been cleaned fully.
Point 2, second paragraph 'will' has not been deleted.
Point 4, second paragraph should read Editions (capital E)
Comment from the IHO Secretariat:
The IHO Secretariat thanks Australia and the IHR Editor for pointing out the editorial mistakes, both
corrected.
Indonesia (Vote = YES)
Pushidrosal Indonesia, approve the proposed amendments to the IHO resolution 6/2009 that had been
revised.
Comment from the IHO Secretariat:
This approval is welcome.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Vote = YES)
In clean version of the document (paragraph 2 - line 10), the word (will) should be omitted.
Comment from the IHO Secretariat:
The IHO Secretariat thanks Iran (Islamic Republic of) for pointing out the editorial mistake that was
corrected.
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Dear Hydrographer,
Please find attached herewith :
CL 07/2019 : ADOPTION OF REVISION TO IHO RESOLUTION 6/2009.
Kind regards
Lorene Chavagnas
Office Assistant
International Hydrographic Organization
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Tel : 00377 93 10 81 00
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