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1986年联合国船舶登记条件公约 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONDITIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SHIPS,1986

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ventures betweenshipowners of different countries, and should, to this end, adoptappropriate arrangements, inter alia, by safeguarding the contractualrights of the parties to joint ventures, to further the establishment ofsuch joint ventures in order to develop the national shipping industry.

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  2. Regional and international financial institutions and aid agenciesshould be invited to contribute, as appropriate, to the establishmentand/or strengthening of joint ventures in the shipping industry ofdeveloping countries, particularly in the least developed among them.Article 14 Measures to Protect the Interests of Labour-supplying Countries

  1. For the purpose of safeguarding the interests of labour-supplyingcountries and of minimizing labour displacement and consequent economicdislocation, if any, within these countries, particularly developingcountries, as a result of the adoption of this Convention, urgency shouldbe given to the implementation, inter alia, of the measures as containedin Resolution 1 annexed to this Convention.

  2. In order to create favourable conditions for any contract orarrangement that may be entered into by shipowners or operators and thetrade unions of seamen or other representative seamen bodies, bilateralagreements may be concluded between flag States and labour-supplyingcountries concerning the employment of seafarers of those labour-supplyingcountries.Article 15 Measures to Minimize Adverse Economic Effects

  For the purpose of minimizing adverse economic effects that mightoccur within developing countries, in the process of adapting andimplementing conditions to meet the requirements established by thisConvention, urgency should be given, inter alia, to the measures ascontained in Resolution 2 annexed to this Convention.Article 16 Depositary

  The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the depositary ofthis Convention.Article 17 Implementation

  1. Contracting Parties shall take any legislative or other measuresnecessary to implement this Convention.

  2. Each Contracting Party shall, at appropriate times, communicate tothe depositary the texts of any legislative or other measures which it hastaken in order to implement this Convention.

  3. The depositary shall transmit upon request to Contracting Partiesthe texts of the legislative or other measures which have beencommunicated to him pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article.Article 18 Signature, Ratification, Acceptance, Approval and Accession

  1. All States are entitled to become Contracting Parties to thisConvention by:

  (a) signature not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval; or

  (b) signature subject to and followed by ratification, acceptance orapproval; or

  (c) accession.

  2. This Convention shall be open for signature from 1 May 1986 to andincluding 30 April 1987, at the headquarters of United Nations in New Yorkand shall thereafter remain open for accession.

  3. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accessionshall be deposited with the depositary.Article 19 Entry into force

  1. This Convention shall enter into force 12 months after the date onwhich not less than 40 States, the combined tonnage of which amounts to atleast 25 per cent of world tonnage, have become Contracting Parties to itin accordance with Article 18. For the purpose of this Article the tonnageshall be deemed to be that contained in annex III to this Convention.

  2. For each State which becomes a Contracting Party to this Conventionafter the conditions for entry into force under paragraph 1 of thisArticle have been met, the Convention shall enter into force for thatState twelve months after that State has become a Contracting Party.Article 20 Review and Amendments

  1. After the expiry of a period of eight years from the date of entryinto force of this Convention, a Contracting Party may, by writtencommunication addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations,propose specific amendments to this Convention and request the conveningof a review conference to consider such proposed amendments. TheSecretary-General shall circulate such communication to all ContractingParties. If, withi

n 12 months from the date of the circulation of thecommunication, not less than two-fifths of the Contracting Parties replyfavourably to the request, the Secretary-General shall convene the ReviewConference.

  2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall circulate to allContracting Parties the texts of any proposals for, or views regardingamendments, at least six months before the opening date of the ReviewConference.Article 21 Effect of Amendments

  1. The decisions of a review conference regarding amendments shall betaken by consensus or, upon request, by a vote of a two-thirds majority ofthe Contracting Parties present and voting. Amendments adopted by such aconference shall be communicated by the Secretary General of the UnitedNations to all the Contracting parties for ratification, acceptance, orapproval and to all the States signatories of the Convention forinformation.

  2. Ratification, acceptance or approval of amendments adopted by areview conference shall be effected by the deposit of a formal instrumentto that effect with the depositary.

  3. Any amendment adopted by a review conference shall enter into forceonly for those Contracting Parties which have ratified, accepted orapproved it, on the first day of the month following one year after itsratification, acceptance or approval by two-thirds of the ContractingParties. For any State ratifying, accepting or approving an amendmentafter it has been ratified, accepted or approved by two-thirds of theContracting Parties, the amendment shall enter into force one year afterits ratification, acceptance or approval by that State.

  4. Any State which becomes a Contracting Party to this Conventionafter the entry into force of an amendment shall, failing an expression ofa different intention by that State:

  (a) Be considered as a Party to this Convention as amended; and

  (b) Be considered as a Party to the unamended Convention in relationto any Contracting Party not bound by the amendment.Article 22 Denunciation

  1. Any Contracting Party may denounce this Convention at any time bymeans of a notification in writing to this effect addressed to thedepositary.

  2. Such denunciation shall take effect on the expiration of one yearafter the notification is received by the depositary, unless a longerperiod has been specified in the notification.

  IN WITNESS WHEREOF the under signed, being duly authorized thereto,have affixed their signatures hereunder on the dates indicated.

  DONE at Geneva on 7 February 1986 in one original in the Arabic,Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, all texts beingequally authentic.

  Annex I: Resolution 1

  Measures to protect the interests of labour-supplying countries

  The United Nations Conference on Conditions for Registration of Ships,

  Having adopted the United Nations Convention on Conditions forRegistration of Ships,

  Recommends as follows:

  1. Labour-supplying countries should regulate the activities of theagencies within their jurisdiction that supply seafarers for ships flyingthe flag of another country in order to ensure that the contractual termsoffered by those agencies will prevent abuses and contribute to thewelfare of seafarers. For the protection of their seafarers,labour-supplying countries may require, inter alia, suitable security ofthe type mentioned in Article 10 from the owners or operators of shipsemploying such seafarers or from other appropriate bodies;

  2. Labour-supplying developing countries may consult each other inorder to harmonize as much as possible their policies concerning theconditions upon which they will supply labour in accordance with theseprinciples and may, if necessary, harmonize their legislation in thisrespect;

  3. UNCTAD, UNDP and other appropriate international bodies should uponrequest provide assistance to labour-supp

lying developing countries forestablishing appropriate legislation for registration of ships andattracting ships to their registers, taking into account this Convention;

  4. The ILO should upon request provide assistance to labour-supplyingcountries for the adoption of measures in order to minimize labourdisplacement and consequent economic dislocation, if any, withinlabour-supplying countries which might result from the adoption of thisConvention;

  5. Appropriate international organizations within the United Nationssystem should upon request provide assistance to labour-supplyingcountries for the education and training of their seafarers, including theprovision of training and equipment facilities.

  Annex II: Resolution 2

  Measures to minimize adverse economic effects

  The United Nations Conference on Conditions for Registration of Ships,

  Having adopted the United Nations Convention on Conditions forRegistration of Ships,

  Recommends as follows:

  1. UNCTAD, UNDP, IMO and other appropriate international bodies shouldprovide, upon request, technical and financial assistance to thosecountries which may be affected by this Convention in order to formulateand implement modern and effective legislation for the development oftheir fleet in accordance with the provisions of this Convention;

  2. ILO and other appropriate international organizations should alsoprovide, upon request, assistance to those count

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