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The International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR Convention) is a
The International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR Convention) is a maritime safety
Maritime safety as part of and overlapping with water safety is concerned with the protection of life (search and rescue) and property through regulation, management and technology development of all forms of waterborne transportation. The execut ...
convention of the International Maritime Organization. It entered into force on 22 June 1985. The convention forms part of the legal framework covering Search and rescue at sea.
The SAR Convention was adopted on 27 April 1979. It entered into force on 22 June 1985.
The Convention has been amended by IMO resolutions MSC.70(69) and MSC.155(78). These respective amendments occurred in 1998 and in 2004 respectively.
Content
The SAR Convention covers coordinated Search and rescue at sea, including the organisation ofAir-sea rescue
Air-sea rescue (ASR or A/SR, also known as sea-air rescue), and aeronautical and maritime search and rescue (AMSAR) by the ICAO and IMO, is the coordinated search and rescue (SAR) of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people ...
services. The aim of the convention was to ensure agreed, standardised procedures for SAR around the world.
It establishes SAR regions (SARR) to allow coastal States to coordinate SAR provision. This includes the establishment of 13 distinct SAR areas of the world's oceans.
It also sets out the establishment of Rescue coordination centre A rescue co-ordination centre (RCC) is a primary search and rescue facility in a country that is staffed by supervisory personnel and equipped for co-ordinating and controlling search and rescue operations.
RCCs are responsible for a geographic are ...
s around the world to control SAR operations.
Ratification
As of October 2022, 114 countries were party to the Convention.References
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