CCL 3/2016

IHB File No. S1/6000/2017 CONFERENCE CIRCULAR LETTER No. 3 25 April 2016 XIXth INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC CONFERENCE / 1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY Monaco, 24-28 April 2017 ______ INVITED OBSERVERS References: A. General Regulations of the IHO, Article 6 - International Hydrographic Conference B. Rules of Procedure for International Hydrographic Conferences, Rule 5 - Invitation to Observers C. Conference Circular Letter No.1 dated 21 April 2016 - Announcement and General Arrangements D. EIHC-5 Conference Circular Letter No. 6 dated 30 October 2013 - Invited Observers - Submission of Final Lists for Approval E. EIHC-5 Conference Circular Letter No. 7 dated 29 January 2014 - Approval of Lists of Observers Dear Hydrographer, 1. References A and B indicate that the Directing Committee shall invite the following as Observers to International Hydrographic Conferences (IHC): a. Governments that are not Parties to the Convention: one or two Observers each, if proposed by a Member or by the Bureau, and subject to approval by two-thirds of the Members; b. Member Governments with rights suspended under Article XV of the Convention, as implemented in accordance with Articles 16 and 17 of the Financial Regulations: one or two Observers each, one of whom should preferably be the head of the national Hydrographic Office; c. Intergovernmental 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 Guidelines for the Accreditation of Non- Governmental International Organizations: one or exceptionally two Observers each. 2. In accordance with the new General Regulations of the IHO (not yet in force), similar provisions would apply in the case of the first session of the IHO Assembly (A-1). 3. The Directing Committee has prepared a list (see Annex A) according to each of the categories described above, indicating the governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental international organizations that are eligible to be invited to send Observers to the XIXth International Hydrographic Conference/1st session of the IHO Assembly (IHC-19/A-1). 4. In addition, the Directing Committee provides a list in Annex B that shows those other organizations, including a few national organizations, that Member States have previously agreed should be invited to send Observers to IHC. The list indicates those organizations that attended IHC-17, EIHC- 4, IHC-18 or EIHC-5. 5. In accordance with the schedule at Annex B of Reference C, the Directing Committee is now asking Member States to review the lists in the Annexes and to provide comments, if they wish. The Directing Committee particularly requests a careful review of the list in Annex B that shows those non- accredited organizations that were invited to EIHC-5 (see References D and E). The Directing Committee proposes inviting to the IHC-19/A-1 only those organizations that are specifically nominated by Member States. Action Requested of Member States 6. Member States are asked to mark up a copy of Annex B, indicating those organizations that they consider should be invited to IHC-19/A-1. Member States are also invited to forward any other comments on the lists in general, and to propose any additional organizations that they consider should be invited, together with a short justification. The Directing Committee will then draw up proposed final lists of governments and organizations to be invited to IHC-19/A-1 and will submit those lists to Member States for approval as required by References A and B. 7. Nominations should reach the IHB by 15 August 2016. The Directing Committee will consider a possible adjustment of the closing date if the revised Convention is approved by the required majority before that date. On behalf of the Directing Committee, Yours sincerely, Robert WARD President Annex A: List of non-IHO States, suspended IHO Member States, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental international organizations. Annex B: List of other organizations that could be invited to participate in the XIXth International Hydrographic Conference / 1st Session of the IHO Assembly. 2  Annex A to CCL 3 LIST OF NON-IHO STATES, SUSPENDED IHO MEMBER STATES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Notes: The list is based on the list of UN members. Non-UN members, that are members of a UN Agency such as IAEA, IMO and UNESCO, are also listed. States marked (#) have been approved to join the IHO, but have yet to deposit their Instruments of Accession. States marked (§) have applied to join the IHO, but have yet to receive the necessary majority of approvals. States marked (a) are Associate Members of at least one Regional Hydrographic Commission but are not Member States of the IHO. States marked (*) are not Member States of the IMO. States shown in italics are land-locked: in other words, a country entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas. 1. List of governments that are not Parties to the Convention on the IHO (*) Afghanistan Ghana (*) Niger Albania Grenada (*)(a) Niue (*) Andorra (a) Guinea (a) Palau (a) Angola (a) Guinea Bissau (*)(a) Palestine (a) Antigua and Barbuda (a) Guyana (a) Panama (*) Armenia (#)(a) Haiti (a) Paraguay Austria (*) Holy See (*) Republic of Moldova Azerbaijan (a) Honduras (*) Rwanda Bahamas Hungary (a) Saint Kitts & Nevis (a) Barbados (a) Iraq (a) Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the (*) Belarus (a) Israel (a) Grenadines (a) Belize Jordan (a) Samoa (a) Benin Kazakhstan San Marino (*) Bhutan (a) Kenya Sao Tomé & Principe Bolivia (a) Kiribati (a) Senegal Bosnia and Herzegovina (*) Kyrgyzstan (a) Seychelles Lao People’s Democratic (*) Botswana (*) Republic (#) Sierra Leone (#)(a) Bulgaria Lebanon Slovakia (*) Burkina Faso (*) Lesotho (§)(a) Solomon Islands (*) Burundi Liberia Somalia A-1  (a) Cabo Verde Libya (*) South Sudan Cambodia (*) Liechtenstein Sudan (*) Central African Republic (a) Lithuania (*) Swaziland (*) Chad Luxembourg Switzerland (a) Comoros (a) Madagascar (*) Tajikistan The former Yugoslav (§)(a) Congo (*)(a) Malawi Republic of Macedonia (a) Cook Islands Maldives Timor-Leste (a) Costa Rica Mali (a) Togo (a) Côte d’Ivoire (§)(a) Malta Turkmenistan Czech Republic Marshall Islands Tuvalu Djibouti (#)(a) Mauritania Uganda Micronesia (Federated United Republic of Dominica (*) (a) States of) Tanzania (a) El Salvador Mongolia (*) Uzbekistan Equatorial Guinea (a) Namibia (§)(a) Vanuatu Eritrea (*) Nauru Yemen Ethiopia Nepal Zambia Gabon (a) Nicaragua Zimbabwe Gambia 2. List of suspended Member States of the IHO Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Serbia A-2 3. List of intergovernmental organizations with which an agreement or special arrangement has been made with IHO Attended Attended Attended Attended IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization (2007) (2009) (2012) (2014) Association of Caribbean States (ACS) European Commission (EC) (Directorate General for Maritime Affairs Yes and Fisheries (DG MARE)) Yes Yes Yes Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Yes Yes Yes Yes International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) MOU signed in 2015 Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) 1 MOU expected to be signed in July 2016 Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) Yes Pacific Community (SPC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) Port Management Association of Western and Central Africa (PMAWCA) United Nations Organization (UN) Yes - DOALOS Established in July 2011 - UNGGIM Yes Yes World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 1 See IHO CL 38/2015 dated 5 June - Proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the International Hydrographic Organization and the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa. A-3 4. List of Non-Governmental International Organizations with which the Organization has established appropriate relationships (in accordance with IHO Resolution 5/1957) Attended Attended Attended Attended IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization (2007) (2009) (2012) (2014) accredited 2012 Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) Yes Yes Chart & Nautical Instrument Trade Association (CNITA) Yes Yes Yes Yes Comité International Radio Maritime (CIRM) Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Defence Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG) Yes Inland ENC Harmonization Group (IEHG) accredited 2014 Yes Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) Yes International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) Yes International Association of Geodesy (IAG) Yes International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Yes Yes Yes Yes Authorities (IALA) International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) accredited 2016 International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) Yes Yes International Cartographic Association (ICA) Yes Yes International Centre for ENCs (IC - ENC) International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Yes International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) Yes Yes Yes International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) International Geographical Union (IGU) accredited 2014 Yes International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA) Yes International Maritime Pilots' Association (IMPA) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Yes Yes Yes Yes PRIMAR accredited 2013 Yes Professional Yachting Association (PYA) Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) Yes Yes RTCA Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) accredited 2015 The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA) A-4  Annex B to CCL 3 LIST OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE XIXth INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC CONFERENCE / 1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY Attended Attended Attended Attended IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization* (2007) (2009) (2012) (2014)* * National organizations are listed in italics. Organizations which were invited to attend EIHC-5 are highlighted. Additional organizations not invited to previous Conferences are underlined. African Union (AU) Asian Development Bank (ADB) Australasian Hydrographic Society Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) Central American Commission of Maritime Transportation (COCATRAM) Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur (South Pacific Permanent Commission) (CPPS) Committee on Science & Technology of Organization of Islamic Conference Commonwealth Secretariat - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC) Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE) Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ortung und Navigation Deutsche Hydrographische Gesellschaft Engineering Committee on Ocean Resources (ECOR) Federal Agency Geodesy and Cartography (FAGC) Yes (Russian federation) Food and Agricultural Organization, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FAO) Established in 2013 Francophone Hydrography Association (AFHy) Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Yes Hydrographic Society of Korea Indian Ocean Maritime Affairs Cooperation (IOMAC) International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO) International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean (ICSEM) International Council for Exploration of the Seas (ICES) International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) International Institute of Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) B-1 Attended Attended Attended Attended IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization* (2007) (2009) (2012) (2014)* * National organizations are listed in italics. Organizations which were invited to attend EIHC-5 are highlighted. Additional organizations not invited to previous Conferences are underlined. International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Yes International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Institut français de navigation (French Institute of Navigation) Yes Yes Yes Japan Hydrographic Association (JHA) Yes Korea Oceanographic and Hydrographic Association Yes Nippon Foundation Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) (Nairobi) Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS) Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Yes Yes Yes Environment (ROPME) Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Southern African Development Community (SADC) UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) UN Development Programme (UNDP) UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) UN Environment Programme (UNEP) UN Global Environment Facility (GEF) Universities: University of Hong Kong University of New Hampshire B-2 Attended Attended Attended Attended IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization* (2007) (2009) (2012) (2014)* * National organizations are listed in italics. Organizations which were invited to attend EIHC-5 are highlighted. Additional organizations not invited to previous Conferences are underlined. Yes Yes University of Plymouth University of Southern Mississippi World Bank B-3 Signe Paevere Subject: FW: CCL 3/2016 - Deadline 15 Aug 2016 Attachments: CCL03.docx From: REG [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 11:04 AM To: 'Arg' <[email protected]>; 'Aus' <[email protected]>; 'Bahrain' <[email protected]>; 'Bang' <[email protected]>; 'Belg' <[email protected]>; 'Brazil' <[email protected]>; 'Brunei' <[email protected]>; 'Canada' <denis.hains@dfo‐mpo.gc.ca>; 'Chile' <[email protected]>; 'China' <[email protected]>; 'Croatia' <[email protected]>; 'Cuba' <[email protected]>; 'Cyp' <[email protected]>; 'Den' <[email protected]>; 'DomRep' <[email protected]>; 'DPRK' <busong@star‐co.net.kp>; 'Egypt‐ENHD' <[email protected]>; VA_hnt <[email protected]>; 'Fiji' <[email protected]>; 'Finland' <[email protected]>; 'France' <[email protected]>; 'Georgia' <[email protected]>; 'Ger' <[email protected]>; 'Greece' <[email protected]>; 'Guat' <[email protected]>; 'Iceland' <[email protected]>; 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'DPRK' <[email protected]>; Tõnis Siilanarusk <[email protected]>; 'Fiji' <[email protected]>; 'France' <[email protected]>; 'Germany' <[email protected]>; 'Germany' <[email protected]>; 'Greece' <[email protected]>; 'Iceland' <[email protected]>; 'India' <msis‐[email protected]>; 'India' <ia‐[email protected]>; 'Iran' <[email protected]>; 'Iran' <[email protected]>; 'Iran' <[email protected]>; 'Iran' <[email protected]>; 'Ireland' <[email protected]>; 'Italy' <[email protected]>; 'Malaysia' <[email protected]>; 'Mauritius' <[email protected]>; 'Mauritius' <[email protected]>; 'Mozambique' <[email protected]>; 'Myanmar' <[email protected]>; 'Myanmar' <mnhc‐office@m‐n‐h‐c.com>; 'Portugal' <[email protected]>; 'Portugal' <[email protected]>; 'SaudiArabia' <[email protected]>; 'Slovenia' <[email protected]>; 'SriLanka' <[email protected]>; 'Suriname' <[email protected]>; 'Suriname' <[email protected]>; 'Sweden' <[email protected]>; 'Thailand' <[email protected]>; 'Thailand' <[email protected]>; 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'solvi.tunge' <[email protected]>; 'stig.osaland' <[email protected]>; 'svein.skjaeveland' <[email protected]>; 'tonje.mevatne' <[email protected]>; 'tore.halset' <[email protected]> Subject: CCL 3/2016 ‐ Deadline 15 Aug 2016 Dear Hydrographer, Please find attached herewith : CCL 3/2016 : XIXth INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC CONFERENCE / 1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY Monaco, 24-28 April 2017 - INVITED OBSERVERS Yours sincerely, IHB M.MOLLET 2