13. The Vice-Presidents elected by the Conference were:
H. E. Sr. J. A. Medicis (Brazil), M. C. Tepavitcharov (Bulgaria), Mr. Shen Zhaoqi (China), S. E. Dr. G. Bula Hoyos (Colombia), M. C. Douay (France), Mr. H.-J. Heldt (Federal Republic of Germany) Hon. Mr. J. P. Keller (Liberia), H. E. Mr. J. T. Kolo (Nigeria), H. E. Eng. A. Y. Al-Turki (Saudi Arabia), Mr. V. A. Vasilenko (Ukrainian SSR).
14. The Secretary-General of the Conference was Mr. C. P. Srivastava, Secretary- General of the Organization. Mr. T. A. Mensah, Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization, served as Executive Secretary of the Conference and Mr. C. H. Zimmerli, Senior Deputy Director, Legal Affairs and External Relations Division, served as Deputy Executive Secretary.
15. The Conference established a Committee of the Whole with the mandate to consider the two draft instruments before the Conference, namely, the draft Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the draft Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf.
16. The Conference also established a Drafting Committee consisting of the following States: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, China, Egypt, France, the German Democratic Republic, Japan, Kenya, Peru, the Philippines, Spain, Sweden, the USSR, the United Kingdom and the United States.
17. A Credentials Committee consisting of Bangladesh, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Ghana and Honduras was appointed to examine the credentials of representatives attending the Conference.
18. The officers elected for the Committee were as follows:
Committee of the Whole: Chairman: Mr. P. Kirsch (Canada), Vice-Chairmen: Ms. R. Hussein (Malaysia), H.E. Senor Luis Solari (Peru), Citoyen S. K. Milombe (Zaire).
Drafting Committee: Chairman: H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abulkheir (Egypt), Vice- Chairmen: H.E. Dr. H. Tuerk (Austria), Dr. G. Plant (United Kingdom).
Credentials Committee: Chairman: Mr. W. K. Ansa-Otu (Ghana).
19. The Conference used as the basis of its work the draft texts prepared by the Ad Hoc Preparatory Committee on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation which was established by the Council of IMO. These were:
-draft Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime
Navigation;
-draft Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed
Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf.
20. The Conference also had before it a document containing the comments of the Legal Committee of IMO, which had been submitted in accordance with the request of the Council of the Organization.
21. Also before the Conference were a number of documents. comments and observations, including proposed amendments. from Governments and interested organizations in relation to the draft texts referred to in paragraph 19 above.
22. As a result of its deliberations, as recorded in the reports of the plenary meetings and of the various committees, the Conference adopted the following instruments:
(a) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime
Navigation.
(b) Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms
Located on the Continental Shelf.
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