IHO Inter-Regional Coordination Committee Meeting Updates
Explore the latest updates from the 7th Meeting of the Inter-Regional Coordination Committee of the IHO, including ratification of amendments, new member states, awaiting accession statuses, new membership applications, and diplomatic engagement efforts. Stay informed about suspended member states and the IHO's GIS development scope.
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7thMeeting of the Inter Regional Coordination Committee IHB Report IRCC7-05B
Ratification of Protocol of Amendments on IHO Convention 42 of 48 approvals officially received Yet to respond: Argentina; Bahrain; Belgium; Colombia; Croatia; Ecuador; Egypt; Fiji; Guatemala; India; Indonesia; Jamaica; Kuwait; Malaysia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nigeria; Oman; Philippines; Serbia; Singapore; Suriname; Syria; Thailand; Tonga; Trinidad & Tobago; Turkey; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Uruguay; Venezuela * Next IHC will be Assembly-1 if 6 more approvals received before January 2017
New Member States New MS: Georgia (83rd), Viet Nam (84th) Brunei Darussalam (85th)
Awaiting accession Bulgaria (1992) Haiti (2012) Mauritania (1991) Sierra Leone (2010)
New Applications for IHO membership (in the course of notification) Malta Vanuatu Solomon Islands
Suspended Member States Congo, Dominican Republic, Serbia 82 Member States having the right to vote Majority: simple = 42 2/3 = 55 (abstention = NO)
Diplomatik Angagement The Directing Committee is continuing its programme of visits to brief high officials of non-Member States on the global status of hydrography and the relevance of the IHO to non-Member States.
Diplomatik Angagement The Directing Committee, stands ready to assist, through diplomatic or other channels, any States representatives that may be encountering difficulties in progressing outstanding approvals of the Amendments to the Convention or the consideration of outstanding applications for Membership of the IHO.
IHO GIS Development Scope: Country Information Database (to support Year Book, etc) Regional Information Database GIS (to support C-55, RHC s, etc) Geographical coverage and metadata for : International (INT) charts schemes ENCs Surveys Tidal records Undersea Features Names Pilot project underway: Antarctica GIS ENC catalogue
IHO Outreach World Hydrographic Day-2015: Our seas and waterways - yet to be fully charted and explored The IHB has provided supporting material for WHD- 2015 on the IHO website (CL 28/2015 dated 23 March refers). Member States are invited to forward as soon as possible to the IHB any material that is created in support of national WHD-2015 celebrations for posting on the IHO website. This will enable the widest possible dissemination of publicity and support material.
IHO Outreach IHO Stakeholders Forum HSSC-7, Busan , ROK, 12 November International Hydrographic Review Editor: Mr Ian Halls (Australia)
EIHC-5 ~ 300 participants from 65 Member States, 2 pending Member States, 10 non Member States, 20 Observers Industry Exhibition and Capacity Building Exhibition The proceedings are posted on the IHO website 7 Proposal and 3 Report were examined 18 Decisions
EIHC 5 Four information sessions The place of hydrographic data in a geospatial world E-navigation - its impact on the IHO and Member States Technology Updates 1. 2. 3. ECDIS Sensors and vehicles Satellite derived bathymetry Crowd-sourced (passage sounding) bathymetry Capacity Building 4.
Capacity Building Funded by: IHO budget Nippon Foundation of Japan and the Republic of Korea In-kind support from Member States and from industry 11 technical visits and 31 different training activities were planned last year with a rate off execution of over 80%.
Status of the Work Programme The Conference introduced a biennial assessment based on summary reports from all IHO organs (Decision No. 3) First assessment reported in IHO CL 17/2015 5 Regional Hydrographic Commissions submitted a status report (NSHC, EAtHC, MACHC, SAIHC, NIOHC)
Action Requested Note this report Request the RENCs to seek the consent of their members to provide CATZOC information to the IHB for inclusion in C-55, Take any actions as considered appropriate
7th Meeting of the Inter Regional Coordination Committee IHB Report IRCC7-05B
