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in order to minimize co-ordination problems and possible delays in cases when distress/safety messages related to the Malacca/Singapore. Straits area are received, e.g. by European Coast Earth Stations and RCCs, it is recommended that common meetings/seminars for key personnel both from those RCCs which regularly receive messages from this area and personnel from the RCCs situated in the area, be arranged to exchange views and establish suitable procedures and actions in different types of situations. Consideration should also be given to arranging common exercises to verify that the procedures and actions are effective;
subject to IMO's approval, the NAVTEX transmitter in Singapore should be used for the transmission of piracy attack warnings with category "Important" or "Vital", as appropriate, whenever such warnings can be transmitted sufficiently early to enable ships to take precautions appropriate to preventing attacks;
for those radar surveillance and VHF DF (direction finding) systems which are established or planned in the Malacca/Singapore Straits area and for which plans and procedures for their utilization for anti-piracy purposes are not yet established, the potential suitability of such facilities for anti-piracy purposes should be investigated. If such facilities are judged to be suitable for such purposes, the facilities and procedures necessary for its rapid and efficient use should be established.
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in order to be able to respond, as quickly as possible, to any report from ships on piracy attacks, every piracy threat area should be adequately covered by Coast Earth Stations which are continuously operational, and which preferably are situated in the littoral State responsible for the area or in neighbouring States;
neighbouring countries having common borders in areas which can be characterized as piracy threat areas, should establish co-operation agreements with respect to preventing and combating piracy and armed robbery. Such agreements should include the co-ordination of patrol activities in such areas;
every country is recommended to ensure that each national RCC, which may be contacted by RCCs from other countries, is capable at all times of communicating in English. Thus, at least one person with a satisfactory knowledge of the English language both written and spoken - should always be on duty;
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in order to minimize co-ordination problems and possible delays in cases when distress/safety messages related to a specific area are received by Coast Earth Stations and RCCs in other countries, it is recommended to arrange common meetings/seminars for key personnel from both areas for the exchange of views and to establish suitable procedures and actions in different types of situations. Consideration should also be given to arranging common exercises to verify that procedures and actions are effective;
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