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99. Recognizes that the legal regimes governing maritime safety and
maritime security may have common and mutually reinforcing objectives that may
be interrelated and could benefit from synergies, and encourages States to take this
into account in their implementation;
100. Emphasizes the need for further efforts to promote a culture of safety and
security in the shipping industry and to address the shortage of adequately trained
personnel, and urges the establishment of more centres to provide the required
education and training;
101. Also emphasizes that safety and security measures should be
implemented in support of and with minimal negative effects on seafarers and
fishers, especially in relation to their working conditions, and welcomes the ongoing
cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
and the International Labour Organization in relation to decent work and
employment in fisheries and aquaculture and on child labour in fisheries and
aquaculture, as well as the work that has been conducted by the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Labour Organization o n the issue
of trafficking in persons and forced labour on fishing vessels;
102. Welcomes the consideration by the International Maritime Organization
of the fair treatment of seafarers, and notes the adoption by the Organization on
4 December 2013 of resolution A.1090(28) on the fair treatment of crew members in
respect of shore leave and access to shore-side facilities;
103. Notes the theme for the 2015 World Maritime Day, “Maritime education
and training”;
104. Invites States that have not yet done so to become parties to the
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers, 1978, 48 as amended, and the International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995;
105. Invites States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Maritime
Labour Convention, as amended, and also invites States that have not yet done so to
ratify or accede to the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) and the
Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), 49 of the
International Labour Organization and to effectively implement all of those
Conventions, and emphasizes the need to provide to States, at their request,
technical cooperation and assistance in that regard;
106. Invites States to ratify or accede to the Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on
the Implementation of the Provisions of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating
to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels,
1977;
107. Welcomes ongoing cooperation between the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, the International Maritime Organization and the
International Labour Organization relating to the safety of fishers and fishing
vessels, and underlines the urgent need for continued work in that area;
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