Report of the Director-General - Fifth Supplementary Report: Progress on the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185)

This paper reports on the Consultations on the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), Geneva, 23–24 September 2010 concerning ratification and implementation of the Convention, and summarizes the recommendations made for the improvement of the seafarers’ identity documents according to the “biometric profile” (ISO/IEC 24713-3 standard).