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Subject: CL 16/2016
Attachments: Cl16.docx
Dear Hydrographer,
Please find attached herewith :
CL 16/2016 : PROTOCOL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION ON THE IHO
47 OF 48 APPROVALS ACHIEVED
Yours sincerely,
IHB
M.MOLLET
1
IHB File No. S1/0015
CIRCULAR LETTER 16/2016
29 March 2016
PROTOCOL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION ON THE IHO
47 OF 48 APPROVALS ACHIEVED
Reference:
A. IHO Resolution 1/2009 - Determining the majority required to approve amendments to the
Convention
Dear Hydrographer,
1. The Directing Committee is pleased to report that the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey
approved the Protocol of Amendments to the Convention on the IHO on 24 March. The Government of
Turkey is expected to notify the Government of Monaco, who is the Depositary State for the Convention,
in the very near future.
2. This means that 47 of the minimum number of 48 Member States have now formally approved the
Protocol of Amendments to the Convention on the IHO. The remaining States that are eligible to vote in
accordance with Reference A, but have yet to indicate their position are:
Bahrein, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kuwait,
Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Singapore, Syrian Arab
Republic, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, and
Venezuela.
3. Noting that only one more approval is required to enable the Protocol of Amendments to enter in to
force, the Hydrographers of the above Member States are strongly encouraged to take whatever action is
appropriate to hasten the consideration of the Protocol by their governments. The Directing Committee
stands ready to provide any guidance, documentation or other support that may be required.
On behalf of the Directing Committee
Yours sincerely,
Robert WARD
President
Copy to:
- Pending Member States whose application for membership has been approved: Bulgaria, Haiti,
Mauritania, Sierra Leone.
- States whose application for membership has not yet been approved by the requested majority:
Congo, Malta, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
- Department of External Relations and Cooperation of the Government of Monaco.