IHB File No. S1/6000/2017
ASSEMBLY CIRCULAR LETTER No. 9
25 August 2016
THIS ASSEMBLY CIRCULAR LETTER REQUIRES YOU TO VOTE
1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY
Monaco, 24-28 April 2017
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INVITED OBSERVERS
Submission of Final Lists for Approval
References:
A. CCL No. 3 dated 25 April 2016 - Invited Observers.
B. General Regulations of the IHO (new) - Article 4
C. ACL No. 8 dated 23 August 2016 - Revision of the timeline for the preparation of the session
Dear Hydrographer,
1. The Directing Committee thanks the following Member States that replied to CCL 3 (Reference A)
concerning the preparation of the lists of Observers to be invited to the 1st Session of the IHO Assembly
(A-1): Bangladesh (BD), Chile (CL), Colombia (CO), Ecuador (EC), Iran (Islamic Republic of - IR), Japan
(JP), Netherlands (NL), United Kingdom (UK).
2. Based on the responses received, the Directing Committee has drawn up the proposed lists of
Observer States and Organizations to be invited to A-1. Those lists are now submitted for approval or
comment, as required by Article 4 of the new General Regulations (Reference B) that will be in force at
the time of the Assembly, and in accordance with the revised timeline for the preparation of the session
(Reference C).
3. In relation to invitations for States that are not Parties to the IHO Convention, paragraph (a) of
Reference B specifies “one or two observers each, if proposed by a Member State, the Council or the
Secretary-General and subject to approval by two thirds of the Member States”. In the absence of any
comment on the proposed list circulated with Reference A, the Directing Committee proposes that the
Secretary-General invite all States listed in Table 1 of Annex A, subject to the required approval of
Member States. Member States should note that a two-thirds majority of IHO Member States is required.
4. In accordance with paragraph (b) of Reference B, the Secretary-General will invite Member States
with rights suspended that are listed in Table 2 of Annex A.
5. In accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of Reference B, but subject to any further comment from
Member States, the Secretary General will invite those intergovernmental organizations and non-
governmental international organizations listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Annex B.
6. With regard to the list of other organizations that could be invited, as indicated in paragraph 5 of
Reference A, the Secretary-General will invite those organizations that have been specifically proposed
by Member States. Those organizations are listed in Annex C. If there are no further proposals or
comments from Member States regarding the list in Annex C, only those organizations listed in Annex C
will be invited.
7. Member States are now requested to consider approving the list in Table 1 of Annex A and to
provide any further comments they may have on the lists in Annexes B and C, using the Response Form,
provided in Annex D.
8. Member States are reminded that a two thirds majority approval is required to invite those States
not Parties to the IHO Convention presented in Annex A. Responses are requested no later than 21
October 2016.
On behalf of the Directing Committee,
Yours sincerely,
Robert WARD
President
Annex A: Lists of States not Parties to the IHO Convention and suspended IHO Member States
Annex B: Lists of intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental international
organizations.
Annex C: List of other organizations to be invited to the first session of the IHO Assembly.
Annex D: Response Form.
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Annex A to ACL 9
LISTS OF STATES NOT PARTIES TO THE IHO CONVENTION AND
SUSPENDED IHO MEMBER STATES
1. List of States that are not Parties to the Convention on the IHO
Notes:
The list is based on the list of UN members. Non-UN members, that are members of a UN Agency such
as IAEA, IMO and UNESCO, are also listed.
States marked (#) have been approved to join the IHO, but have yet to deposit their Instruments of
Accession.
States marked (§) have applied to join the IHO, but have yet to receive the necessary majority of
approvals.
States marked (a) are Associate Members of at least one Regional Hydrographic Commission but are
not Member States of the IHO.
States marked (*) are not Member States of the IMO.
States shown in italics are land-locked: in other words, a country entirely enclosed by land, or whose
only coastlines lie on closed seas.
(*) Afghanistan Ghana (*) Niger
Albania Grenada (*)(a) Niue
(*) Andorra (a) Guinea (a) Palau
(a) Angola (a) Guinea Bissau (*)(a) Palestine
(a) Antigua and Barbuda (a) Guyana (a) Panama
(*) Armenia (#)(a) Haiti (a) Paraguay
Austria (*) Holy See (*) Republic of Moldova
Azerbaijan (a) Honduras (*) Rwanda
Bahamas Hungary (a) Saint Kitts & Nevis
(a) Barbados (a) Iraq (a) Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent & the
(*) Belarus (a) Israel (a)
Grenadines
(a) Belize Jordan (a) Samoa
(a) Benin Kazakhstan San Marino
(*) Bhutan (a) Kenya Sao Tomé & Principe
Bolivia (a) Kiribati (a) Senegal
Bosnia and Herzegovina (*) Kyrgyzstan (a) Seychelles
Lao People’s Democratic
(*) Botswana (*)
Republic
(#) Sierra Leone
(#)(a) Bulgaria Lebanon Slovakia
(*) Burkina Faso (*) Lesotho (§)(a) Solomon Islands
(*) Burundi Liberia Somalia
(a) Cabo Verde Libya (*) South Sudan
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Cambodia (*) Liechtenstein Sudan
(*) Central African Republic (a) Lithuania (*) Swaziland
(*) Chad Luxembourg Switzerland
(a) Comoros (a) Madagascar (*) Tajikistan
The former Yugoslav
(§)(a) Congo (*)(a) Malawi
Republic of Macedonia
(a) Cook Islands Maldives Timor-Leste
(a) Costa Rica Mali (a) Togo
(a) Côte d’Ivoire (§)(a) Malta Turkmenistan
Czech Republic Marshall Islands Tuvalu
Djibouti (#)(a) Mauritania Uganda
Micronesia (Federated United Republic of
Dominica (*) (a)
States of) Tanzania
(a) El Salvador Mongolia (*) Uzbekistan
Equatorial Guinea (a) Namibia (§)(a) Vanuatu
Eritrea (*) Nauru Yemen
Ethiopia Nepal Zambia
Gabon (a) Nicaragua Zimbabwe
Gambia
2. List of IHO Member States that are suspended
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominican Republic
Serbia
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Annex B to ACL 9
LIST OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
NON-GOVERNMENTAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1. List of intergovernmental organizations with which an agreement or special arrangement
has been made with IHO
Attended Attended Attended Attended
IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization
(2007) (2009) (2012) (2014)
Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
European Commission (EC) (Directorate General for Maritime Affairs
Yes
and Fisheries (DG MARE))
Yes Yes Yes Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Yes Yes Yes Yes International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
MOU signed in 2016 International Seabed Authority (ISA)
MOU signed in 2015 Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
MOU signed in 2016 Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA)
Yes Pacific Community (SPC)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
Port Management Association of Western and Central Africa
(PMAWCA)
United Nations Organization (UN)
Yes - DOALOS
Established in July 2011 - UNGGIM
Yes Yes World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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2. List of Non-Governmental International Organizations with which the Organization has
established appropriate relationships (in accordance with IHO Resolution 5/1957)
Attended Attended Attended Attended
IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization
(2007) (2009) (2012) (2014)
accredited 2012 Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO)
Yes Yes Chart & Nautical Instrument Trade Association (CNITA)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Comité International Radio Maritime (CIRM)
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
Defence Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG)
Yes Inland ENC Harmonization Group (IEHG)
accredited 2014 Yes Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
Yes International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO)
Yes International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
accredited 2016
(INTERTANKO)
Yes International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN)
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Authorities (IALA)
International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH)
accredited 2016 International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
Yes Yes International Cartographic Association (ICA)
Yes Yes International Centre for ENCs (IC - ENC)
International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Yes International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS)
Yes Yes Yes International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
International Geographical Union (IGU)
accredited 2014 Yes International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA)
Yes International Maritime Pilots' Association (IMPA)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ISPRS)
Yes Yes Yes Yes PRIMAR
accredited 2013 Yes Professional Yachting Association (PYA)
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM)
Yes Yes RTCA
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
accredited 2015 The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA)
accreditation under consideration1 World Ocean Council (WOC)
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See IHO CL 33/2016 dated 20 July.
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Annex C to ACL 9
LIST OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE INVITED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE 1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY
Attended Attended Attended Attended
Endorsed
IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization* by
(2007) (2009) (2012) (2014)*
* National organizations are listed in italics.
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
UK
– Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)
Central American Commission of Maritime CL, CO,
Transportation (COCATRAM) UK
Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur (South CL, CO,
Pacific Permanent Commission) (CPPS) UK
Engineering Committee on Ocean Resources
UK
(ECOR)
BD, CO,
Yes Hydrographic Society of Korea
UK
International Association for the Physical Sciences
CL, UK
of the Ocean (IAPSO)
International Council for Exploration of the Seas
UK
(ICES)
International Radio Consultative Committee
(CCIR)
CO, UK
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) CO, UK
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
Yes
(IUGG)
BD, UK
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) UK
Institut français de navigation (French Institute of
Navigation)
UK
BD, CO,
Yes Yes Yes Japan Hydrographic Association (JHA)
JP, UK
Korea Oceanographic and Hydrographic BD, CO,
Yes
Association UK
BD, CO,
Yes Nippon Foundation
JP, UK
Oil Companies International Marine Forum
(OCIMF)
UK
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD)
UK
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) CL
World Association for Waterborne Transport
Infrastructure (PIANC)
CO, UK
Regional Organization for the Protection of the
Yes Yes Yes
Marine Environment (ROPME)
BD, UK
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
(SCOR)
CL
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Attended Attended Attended Attended
Endorsed
IHC-17 EIHC-4 IHC-18 EIHC-5 Organization* by
(2007) (2009) (2012) (2014)*
* National organizations are listed in italics.
UN Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
UK
CL, CO,
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
UK
UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) UK
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (ESCAP)
UK
UN Economic and Social Commission for Western
Asia (ESCWA)
UK
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) CL, UK
UN Global Environment Facility (GEF) CL, UK
Universities:
BD, UK
University of Hong Kong
BD, EC,
University of New Hampshire
UK
Yes Yes University of Plymouth BD, UK
University of Southern Mississippi BD, UK
World Bank CL, UK
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Annex D to ACL 9
IHB File No. S1/6000/2017
RESPONSE FORM
(to be returned to the IHB by 21 October 2016)
e-mail:
[email protected] - Fax: +377 93 10 81 40)
Approval of the Lists of Observers to be invited to A-1
Member State:
Point of Contact:
Contact e-mail:
1. Do you agree that the States listed in Table 1 of Annex A to ACL 9 be invited as Observers to A-1?
Please tick the appropriate box:
YES NO
If you answer ‘No’, please explain your reasons in the comment section below:
Comments:
2. Do you have any comments or proposals to make regarding invitations to Observer Organizations
listed in Annexes B and C to ACL 9?
Please tick the appropriate box:
YES NO
If you answer ‘Yes’, please provide your comments or proposals in the comment section below:
Comments:
Name/Signature: Date:
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