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Item No.

13.24

CY-253

International

CONFIDENTIAL

24

20

Convention

Convention

and Rescue, Hamburg, 1979

on

Maritime Search

1.

The

Convention

wa s

concluded

in

Hamburg on 27 April

1979

and entered into

force on 22 June 1985.

The UK ratified it on

22 May 1980 and Hong Kong was included in the

UK'S ratification.

The FRC ratified the

Convention on 24 June 1985.

The

Convention

establishes

an

international

sea.

maritime search and rescue plan

for the rescue of persons in distress at

It also promotes co-operation among

search and rescue organisations around the

world and among those participating in search

and rescue operations at sea, The Annex to

the Convention

the detailed

arrangements

co-ordination

activities.

required

provided

at

sets

Out

for

of

the

provision

search

and

and

rescue

Parties to the Convention are

to ensure that assistance will be

urgently to any person in distress

regardless of the nationality OI

status of such a person or the circumstances

in which that person is found.

sea,

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