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international standards, regulations, resolutions, procedures and recommendations of the International Maritime Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization. The Organization shall observe the relevant provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention and regulations made thereunder, and shall in the design, development, construction and establishment of the INMARSAT space segment and in the procedures established for regulating the operation of the INMARSAT space segment and of earth stations give due consideration to the relevant resolutions, recommendations and procedures of the organs of the International Telecommunication Union.

ARTICLE 32

Signature and ratification

Article 32, paragraph (3), is replaced by the following text:

(3) On becoming a Party to this Convention, or at any time thereafter, a State may declare, by written notification to the Depositary, to which Registers of ships, to which aircraft operating under its authority, and to which land earth stations under its jurisdiction, the Convention shall apply.

ARTICLE 35 Depositary

Article 35, paragraph (1), is replaced by the following text:

(1) The Depositary of this Convention shall be the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization.

Amendments to the Operating Agreement on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT)

ARTICLE V Investment shares

Article v, paragraph (2), is replaced by the following text:

(2) For the purpose of determining investment shares, utilization in both directions shall be divided into two equal parts, a ship or aircraft part and a land part. The part associated with the ship or aircraft where the traffic originates or terminates shall be attributed to the Signatory of the Parry under whose authority the ship or aircraft is operating. The part associated with the land territory where the traffic originates or terminates shall be attributed to the Signatory of the Party in whose territory the traffic originates or terminates. However, where, for any Signatory, the ratio of the ship and aircraft parts to the land parts exceeds 20: 1, that Signatory shall, upon application to the Council, be attributed a utilization equivalent to twice the land part or an investment share of 0.1 percent, whichever is higher. Structures operating in the marine environment, for which access to the INMARSAT space segment has been permited by the Council, shall be considered as ships for the purpose of this paragraph.

ARTICLE XIV Earth station approval

Article xiv, paragraph (2), is replaced by the following text:

(2) Any application for such approval shall be submitted to the Organization by the Signatory of the Party in whose territory the earth station on land is or will be located, or by the Party or the Signatory of the Party under whose authority the earth station on a ship or an aircraft or on a structure operating in the marine environment is licensed or. with respect to earth stations located in a territory or on a ship or an aircraft or on a structure operating in the marine environment not under the jurisdiction of a Party, by an authorized telecommunications entity.

ARTICLE XIX Depositary

Article xix, paragraph (1), is replaced by the following text:

(1) The Depositary of this Agreement shall be the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization.

Emendas à Convenção Relativa à Organização Internacional de Satélites Marítimos (INMARSAT)

Preâmbulo

No fim do preâmbulo é acrescentado o seguinte novo parágrafo:

Declarando que um sistema de satélites marítimos poderá também ser utilizado para comunicações aeronáuticas em benefício das aeronaves de todas as nações.

ARTIGO 1." Definições

No artigo 1.° é acrescentada a seguinte alínea h):

h) «Aeronave» significa um aparelho cuja sustentação na atmosfera depende de reacções do ar que não sejam as reacções do ar de encontro à superfície da Terra.

ARTIGO 3° Objectivo

Os parágrafos 1) e 2) do artigo 3.° são substituídos pelo texto seguinte:

1) O objectivo da Organização é o fornecimento do segmento espacial necessário para o desenvolvimento das comunicações marítimas e, quando possível, das comunicações aeronáuticas, que permitam a melhoria das comunicações nos