Examples of using Audit scheme in English and their translations into Arabic
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In 2009, the IMO Assembly adopted resolution A.1018(26) on further development of the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme, which would institutionalize the Scheme through a phased-in process by the introduction of appropriate requirements in the relevant mandatory IMO instruments.
It further requested the Secretary-General to study the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) Model Audit Scheme and advise the Council, the Maritime Safety Committee, the Marine Environment Protection Committee and the Technical Cooperation Committee(TCC) on any aspects of that scheme which might be taken into account in developing the IMO scheme. .
Welcomes the decision of the International Maritime Organization to approve in principle the concept of a voluntary Model Audit Scheme as a means of enhancing the performance of member States in implementing appropriate conventions of the organization relating to maritime safety and the prevention of maritime pollution, and encourages the organization to continue to develop such a scheme; .
The Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme aims to help promote maritime safety and environmental protection by assessing how effectively member States implement and enforce relevant IMO Convention standards and by providing them with feedback and advice on their current performance.
In 2009, the IMO Assembly also endorsed the decision of the IMO Council and agreed to make the Audit Scheme an institutionalized, mandatory scheme that will be phased in through the introduction of amendments to IMO instruments in 2013, for entry into force in January 2015.
The General Assembly has benefited from consideration by the Consultative Process of efforts to develop and implement the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme to enhance the performance of States in implementing IMO instruments relating to maritime safety and the prevention of marine pollution, and recommendations on these efforts have been endorsed by the Assembly.
The IMO Voluntary Audit Scheme has been a key tool for assessing the performance of IMO member States in implementing their obligations as flag, port and coastal States under the relevant IMO instruments and offering the necessary assistance, where required, for them to fully and effectively meet their obligations.
In order to improve implementation and enforcement by flag States, IMO, by its resolutions A.946(23) and A.973(24), approved the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme to provide a comprehensive and objective assessment of how effectively flag States administer and implement the mandatory IMO instruments covered by the Audit Scheme. .
By a further resolution(A.975(24)), on future development of the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme, the Assembly requested the two main deliberating bodies of IMO, namely, the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee, to review the future feasibility of including, within the scope of the audit scheme, maritime security-related matters and other functions not presently covered and to identify any implications of broadening the scope of the audit scheme.
Welcomes the adoption by the International Maritime Organization of the resolutions on the establishment of the Voluntary International Maritime Organization Member State Audit Scheme, International Maritime Organization,
At its hundredth session in June 2008, the IMO Council noted that 21 audits had already been completed under the Audit Scheme, another 21 countries had offered to be audited, and eight additional audits were planned for 2008(C/100/D, para. 6.2). It requested the IMO Secretary-General to prepare a holistic study of possible ways to develop the Audit Scheme(ibid.).
The Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme, which is expected to be adopted by the IMO Assembly at its twenty-fourth session,
Recognizes that international shipping rules and standards adopted by the International Maritime Organization in respect of maritime safety, efficiency of navigation and the prevention and control of marine pollution, complemented by best practices of the shipping industry, have led to a significant reduction in maritime accidents and pollution incidents, and encourages all States to participate in the Voluntary International Maritime Organization Member State Audit Scheme;
At present the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme does not provide for penalties. However, the new scheme
(a) Recognize that international shipping rules and standards adopted by IMO in respect of maritime safety, efficiency of navigation and the prevention and control of marine pollution, as complemented by best practices of the shipping industry, have led to a significant reduction of maritime accidents and pollution incidents, and encourage all States to participate in the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme;
The extent to which a flag, port or coastal State complies with and enforces the requirements of the IMO conventions to which it is a party can now, at the request of that State, be audited by IMO in accordance with the Framework and Procedures for the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme, which was adopted by the IMO Assembly on 1 December 2005(Assembly resolution A.974(24)).
The results of this learning experience will also assist the regulatory process at IMO, in particular the development of provisions for the possible future inclusion in the audit scheme of other safety and environmental protection issues as well as maritime security, as envisaged by the IMO Assembly in its resolution A.975(24) on" Future development of the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme". VIII.
IMO instruments aimed at strengthening flag State implementation include the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention(the ISM Code), which sets out requirements for a safety management system and regular audits, and the Code for the Implementation of Mandatory IMO Instruments, which provides the audit standard for the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme.
It also instructed the Director of the Fund not to pursue the possibility of including the 1992 Civil Liability Convention and the 1992 Fund Convention in the IMO Voluntary Audit Scheme(see paras. 92 and 93 above) at this stage,
During its deliberations on the issue, the Council also considered the outcome of the discussions at the forty-eighth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee(MEPC 48), which had endorsed the establishment of a joint MSC/MEPC/TCC working group on the voluntary IMO model audit scheme to be held during MSC 77 and had identified relevant documents containing environmentally critical areas to be taken into