DAY OF THE SEAFARER 2022: YOUR VOYAGE, THEN AND NOW

This 2022, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has focused the Seafarers' Day celebration on the evolution of the working environment on board ships.

Over time, the maritime industry has undergone major and accelerated changes, having to adapt to the application of new technologies and a greener vision of the hand of more diverse crews.

Seafarers, being at the core of the global maritime sector, are an active part of this evolution through continuous professional development, an activity that allows them to acquire new skills, adapt to new international regulations and become familiar with safer and more sustainable working practices.

The theme of this year's Seafarers' Day, "Your voyage: then and now. Share your journey," invites Seafarers from around the world to share about their story and the evolution of their personal journey, recounting their positive experiences or difficult circumstances.

As a tribute to those roads traveled, and the many that remain to be discovered, today we recall the resolution that gave rise to this celebration in well-deserved recognition of the work done by Seafarers around the world.

Resolution 19 - Day of the Sefarer / MANILA CONFERENCE 2010

HAVING ADOPTED the Manila amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978 and to the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code, as amended,

RECOGNIZING FULLY the unique contribution seafarers from all over the world make to international seaborne trade, the world economy and civil society as a whole,

RECOGNIZING EQUALLY the considerable risks seafarers shoulder in the execution of their daily tasks and duties in an often hostile environment,

MINDFUL of the deprivations to which seafarers are subject through spending long periods of their professional life at sea away from their families and friends,

DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE that, in recognition of the above, the International Maritime Organization has named 2010 as the “Year of the Seafarer” in order for it and the maritime community as a whole to pay due tribute to seafarers in recognition of the above,

DESIRING to ensure the continued expression of this deep appreciation and gratitude to seafarers from all over the world for the reasons explained above on an annual basis,

RECOGNIZING that the adoption of the aforementioned amendments to the STCW Convention and Code on this, the 25th June 2010, makes this a very significant day for the maritime community and those who serve it on board ships,

1. RESOLVES to nominate the 25th June of each year hereafter as the “Day of the Seafarer”;

2. ENCOURAGES Governments, shipping organizations, companies, shipowners and all other parties concerned to duly and appropriately promote the Day of the Seafarer and take action to celebrate it meaningfully;

3. INVITES the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization to bring this resolution to the attention of the IMO Assembly for endorsement and for any other appropriate action it may deem necessary to promote the letter and spirit of the Day.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SEAFARERS ON THEIR DAY!

DÍA DE LA GENTE DE MAR 2022: TU VIAJE, ANTES Y AHORA

Review the original document of Resolution 19: Day of the Seafarer
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/dayoftheseafarer-res19.pdf

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