Convention on the International Maritime Organization

Coming into Force17 March 1958
CitationUNTS v. 289 (p.3)
Subject TermsInternational Maritime Organization (IMCO/IMO),Legal matters,Charters-Constitutions-Statutes,Maritime matters,Navigation
Date of Conclusion06 March 1948
Registration Date17 March 1958
Registration Number4214
Party Submitting the Application for Registrationex officio
Type of DocumentMultilateral
DepositarySecretary-General of the United Nations
ParticipantsAntigua and Barbuda,Australia,Bahamas,Barbados,Brunei Darussalam,Ceylon,Comoros,Congo,Cook Islands,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Democratic People's Republic of Korea,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Djibouti,Dominica,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Federal Republic of Germany,Fiji,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,German Democratic Republic,Ghana,Greece,Grenada,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Ireland,Islamic Republic of Iran,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kiribati,Kuwait,Latvia,Lebanon,Liberia,Libyan Arab Republic,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Maldives,Malta,Marshall Islands,Mauritania,Mauritius,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique,Namibia,Nauru,Nepal,New Zealand,Nigeria,None,Oman,Palau,Papua New Guinea,Philippines,Qatar,Republic of Korea,Republic of Moldova,Samoa,San Marino,Sao Tome and Principe,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Solomon Islands,Somalia,South Africa,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Lucia,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Sudan,Suriname,Syria,Thailand,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Timor-Leste,Togo,Tonga,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turkmenistan,Tuvalu,Uganda,Ukraine,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Arab Emirates,United Arab Republic,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United Republic of Tanzania,United States,Vanuatu,Viet Nam,Yemen Arab Republic,Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of),Yugoslavia (former),Zaire,Zambia,Zimbabwe
No.
4214
ARGENTINA,
AUSTRALIA,
BELGIUM,
BURMA,
CANADA,
etc.
Final
Act
of
the
United
Nations
Maritime
Conference
(with
annexes).
Done
at Geneva,
on
6
March
1948
Convention
on the
Intergovernmental
Maritime
Consulta
tive
Organization.
Done
at
Geneva,
on
6
March
1948
Official
texts:
English,
French
and
Spanish.
Registered
ex
officio
on
17
March
1958.
ARGENTINE,
AUSTRALIE,
BELGIQUE,
BIRMANIE,
CANADA,
etc.
Acte
final
de
la
Conférence
maritime
des
Nations
Unies
(avec
annexes).
Fait
à
Genève,
le
6
mars
1948
Convention
relative
à
la
création
d'une
Organisation
mari
time
intergouvernementale.
Faite
à
Genève,
le
6
mars
1948
Textes
officiels
anglais,
français
et
espagnol.
Enregistrés
d'office
le
17
mars
1958.
United
Nations
Treaty
Series
1958
No.
4214.
FINAL
ACT
OF
THE
UNITED
NATIONS
MARI
TIME
CONFERENCE.
DONE
AT
GENEVA,
ON
6
MARCH
1948
The
United
Nations
Maritime
Conference
was
convened
by
the
Economic
and
Social
Council
of
the
United
Nations
by
the
following
resolution
adopted
on
the
28th
March
1947
:
"
The
Economic
and
Social
Council
"
Requests
the
Secretary
General
:
"
(a)
to
convene
a
conference
of
interested
Governments
to
consider
the
establishment
of
an
inter-governmental
maritime
organization.
The
Draft
Convention
prepared
by
the
United
Maritime
Consultative
Council
on
this
matter,
concerning
the
scope
and
the
purpose
of
the
proposed
or
ganization,
will
serve
as
a
working
paper
forming
the
basis
of
discussion
for
the
Conference.
The
Conference
will
also
consider
if the
scope
and
purposes
of
the
Organization
should
include
the
removal
or
prevention
of
unfair
restrictive
practices
by
shipping
concerns;
"
(b)
to
circulate
the
above-mentioned
Draft
Convention
to
all
the
Governments
invited
to
the
Conference;
"
(c)
to inform
the
Governments
which
are
invited
to
the
Conference
that
any
comments
which
they
may
wish
to
make
on
specific
Articles
of
the
Draft
Convention or
amendments
which
they
may
wish
to
propose
in
advance
of
the
Conference,
should
be
submitted
to
the
Secretary-General
for
circulation
to
all
Governments
participating
in
the
Conference
and
for
consideration
by
the
Conference
itself;
"
(d)
to
draw
up
a
provisional agenda
for
the
Conference
including
the
items
mentioned
above;
"
(e)
to
invite
all
the
Members
of
the
United
Nations
and
the
following
Governments
to
participate
in
the
Conference
:
Albania,
Austria,
Bulgaria,
Eire,
Finland,
Hungary,
Italy, Portugal,
Roumania,
Switzerland,
Transjordania,
Yemen.
"
The
Economic
and
Social
Council
"
Expresses
the
hope
that
the
Governments
invited
to
the
Conference
may
give
their
respective
delegations
full
powers
enabling
them
to
sign
such
Convention
on
the
establishment
of
an
inter-governmental
maritime
organization
as
may
be
concluded
at
the
Conference.
United
Nations
Treaty
Series
1958
"
The
Economic
and
Social
Council
"
Requests
the
Secretary-General
to
invite
the
specialized
agencies,
inter-governmental
organizations
and
international
organizations
in
this
field,
as
may
be
appropriate,
to
send
observers
to
the
Conference.
The
Conference
shall
meet,
if
practicable,
in
the
autum
of
1947,
at
a
place
to
be
determined
by
the
Secretary-General
after
consultation
with
the
President
of
the
Council.
"
The
United
Nations
Maritime
Conference
met
in
the
City
of
Geneva
from
the
19th
of
February
1948
to
the
6th
of
March
1948.
The
Governments
of
the
following
States
were
represented
at
the
Con
ference
by
Delegations
:
Argentina
Egypt
Pakistan
Australia
Finland
Panama
Belgium
France
Peru
Brazil
Greece
Poland
Canada
India
Portugal
Chile
Ireland
Sweden
China
Italy
Switzerland
Colombia
Lebanon
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Netherlands
United
Kingdom
Denmark
New
Zealand
United
States
of
America.
Dominican Republic
Norway
The
Governments
of
the
following
States
had
Observers
at
the
Conference
:
Cuba,
Ecuador,
Union
of
South
Africa,
Iran.
The
following
organizations
were
represented
by
Observers
:
A.
Inter-Governmental
Organizations
International
Labour
Office
World
Health
Organization
International
Civil
Aviation
Organization
International
Telecommunications
Union
International
Meteorological
Organization
B.
Non-Governmental
Organizations
International
Cooperative
Alliance
International
Chamber
of
Commerce
International
Law
Association
International
Transport
Workers'
Federation.
The
Conference
had
before
it
and
used
as
a
basis
for
discussion
the
draft
agreement
for
an
intergovernmental
maritime
organization
prepared
by
the
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