The Organization has issued
Circular Letter No.3249 inviting IMO Member States, Contracting Goverments to the FAL Convention, Intergovernment Organizations and Non-Govermental Organizations in Consultative Status, to participate actively in the Correspondance Group to amend the FAL Convention.
Urgent amendments to the FAL Convention are required in order to bring the existing provisions up to date, to hamonized the Annex with other instruments, to modernize the actual provisions and to improved the flow of international maritime transport around the world.
It is encouraged to designate a focal point to coordinate the inputs from the different parts involved, on a national basis, in order to facilitate the work of the Correspondance Group.