海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗事件の発生件数が、ここ数年増加傾向にあり、特に東南アジア海域においてハイジャック事件のような凶悪かつ組織的事件が発生していることを深く懸念し、

　また、かかる状況が、乗組員の人命及び船舶の運航の安全確保上極めて大きな脅威となり、アジア地域全体で真剣に取り組むべき問題となっていることを認識し、

　1999年５月にMSC（海上安全委員会）で採択されたIMO（国際海事機関）の勧告（MSC/Circ.622/Rev.1及びMSC/Circ.623/Rev.1）の実施を目指し、その中で旗国の役割と責任を認識しつつ、

　海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗対策をとるに当たっては、まず、海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗事件の実態を正確に把握することが必要であることを確認し、

自国の内水又は領海で海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗が発生した国（以下「沿岸国／寄港国」という。）による迅速、的確な海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗事件の取締りのためには、被害が発生した場合にその事実を直ちに関係当局に通報することが不可欠であることを考慮し、

また、被害にあった船舶の中には、予防措置が不備なものもあり、船側の対策のさらなる徹底を求めていく必要があることを考慮し、海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗を防止するためには船会社自身の自覚と取組みが基本であることをあらためて認識するとともに、

　被害を被っている船舶の旗国及びその他の実質的利害関係国の海事政策当局における海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗対策の取り組みの根幹をなすのは、自国の船会社（が所有し、又は運航する船舶）が事件の通報を含む適切な海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗対策をとるよう指導、監督し、及び環境を整備することであることを認識し、

　他方、沿岸国／寄港国のとるべき措置は、海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗事件の予防及び取締り並びに事件が発生した場合における人命等の救助及び犯罪の捜査であることを認識し、

近年の船舶に対する武装強盗のほとんどはいずれかの国の内水又は領海で発生しており、その領海内等で事件の発生している沿岸国／寄港国による取締りの強化がまず何よりも必要であることを強調し、

　港内又は港の付近で停泊中又は漂泊中の船舶が被害を受けるケースが多く、港内又は港の付近における船側の警戒の強化とともに、当該領域を管轄する当局による対策の強化が必要であることを考慮し、

　他方、関係機関の取組みが互いに連携、協力することなしには真に有効な対応となり得ず、また、海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗事件が、他の船舶関連の事件と同様、船舶の旗国及びその他の実質的利害関係国並びに事件の発生海域の沿岸国、船舶の寄港国等、関係国が多数に及ぶものであることを認識し、

　近年、国際シンジケートによるハイジャックのような凶悪事件が増え、複数の国にまたがるような事態が増加してきていることにより、関係国による地域ぐるみの連携、協力体制の強化の要請が益々高まってきていることに留意し、

　これに対処するための法的枠組みとしては、IMOの下で策定された1988年ローマ条約が有効と考えられることを強調し、

そして、海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗問題は、関係機関、ないし船舶の旗国及びその他の実質的利害関係国や沿岸国／寄港国がそれぞれの立場で単独で対応して解決できる問題ではなく、それぞれの立場を超えて相互に連携、協力してはじめて有効な対応が講じられるものであることを確認し、

以上より、

1. 海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗対策のため、互いに協力しつつ、可能な限りあらゆる対策を講じていくとの固い決意をあらためて表明する。

2. これらを踏まえ、以下を主な要素として、それぞれアクション・プランを作成し、速やかに適切な措置を講ずる。

1）ハイジャック等、凶悪かつ組織的な事件を念頭に置いた船側の自主警備策（位置通報システム技術の導入等）の実施及び強化

2）事件発生時に沿岸国／寄港国が迅速・的確な措置をとれるよう、被害を受けた船舶から沿岸国／寄港国の関係当局への報告を徹底させるための環境の整備

3）被疑者の的確な訴追を遂行するための沿岸国／寄港国による法的枠組の整備

4）関係機関が一体となって的確かつ機動的な対応をとるための体制の構築

5）国際的な情報連絡、連携を促進するべく、従来からの外交ルートを通じた情報連絡とともに、専門的知見を有する各国の関係機関が、相互間の情報連絡窓口を設定しこれを活用することにより、総合的な情報ネットワークを形成

6）船舶の自主警備策の強化や、関係機関による行方不明船舶の早期発見に資するべく、海賊及び船舶に対する武装強盗事件に係るデータを共有・活用

March 28 - March 30, 2000, Tokyo

BEING PROFOUNDLY CONCERNED about the rising trend in the number of acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships, including hijacking and other heinous and organized acts particularly committed in the waters of Southeast Asia,

BEING AWARE that such circumstances constitute an extremely grave threat to the lives of crews and the safe operation of ships, and that this is an issue that should be seriously addressed by the Asian region as a whole,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the IMO recommendation (MSC/Circ.622/Rev.1 and MSC/Circ.623/Rev.1) adopted in the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) on May 1999, AIMING AT implementing these recommendations, and ALSO RECOGNIZING the role and responsibility of flag States,

ACKNOWLEDGING that in taking measures to combat piracy and armed robbery against ships, it is first necessary to achieve a detailed understanding of the actual situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships,

CONSIDERING the need to ensure unfailng reporting by ships, in the event of any victimization, in view of the indispensability of immediate reporting to the concerned authorities of such incidents, so that States in whose internal waters or territorial sea piracy and armed robbery against ships occur (hereinafter referred to as "coastal States/port States") can crack down swiftly and effectively on piracy and armed robbery against ships,

CONSIDERING ALSO that, because some victimized ships have not taken adequate preventive measures, there is a need to seek more thorough measures by ships, and BEING AWARE anew that preparedness and action by shipping companies themselves is fundamental to the prevention of piracy and armed robbery against ships,

RECOGNIZING that the basis for undertaking measures to combat piracy and armed robbery against ships within maritime policy authorities in the flag States or other substantially interested States is for shipping companies to provide guidance and supervision in, and to create an environment conducive to, the taking of appropriate measures to combat piracy and armed robbery against ships, including reporting of such incidents by (ships owned or operated by) shipping companies,

RECOGNIZING ALSO that measures which should be taken by the coastal States/port States consist of cracking down and other enforcement operations designed to prevent piracy and armed robbery against ships and, in the event of piracy and armed robbery against ships, to conduct lifesaving and other rescue missions and to investigate the case,

EMPHASIZING that because most of recent cases of armed robbery against ships occur in the internal waters or territorial sea of a given State, it is above all necessary to strengthen crackdown measures by coastal States/port States in whose internal waters or territorial sea such acts take place,

CONSIDERING FURTHER that because many cases of victimization occur to ships which are berthed, anchored or adrift in or near ports, it is necessary to fortify countermeasures by authorities having jurisdiction over such territorial areas as well as to strengthen vigilance by ships in or near ports,

RECOGNIZING FURTHER that a truly effective response cannot be achieved without mutual coordination and cooperation in measures taken by the relevant authorities , and that acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships, like other incidents relating to ships, affect a large number of States, including the flag States or other substantially interested States as well as the coastal States/port States in whose internal waters or territorial sea such acts occur,

NOTING THAT, owing to the increase of heinous acts such as hijacking by international syndicates in recent years, there is an increasing prevalence toward the involvement of multiple States, and consequently the demand is becoming all the more pressing to strengthen liaison and cooperative structures embracing all States concerned within the affected area,

EMPHASIZING its importance of Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), and the Protocol which was adopted in 1988 under the auspices of IMO,

ACKNOWLEDGING ALSO that piracy and armed robbery against ships is not an issue that can be resolved if relevant authorities, flag States and other substantially interested States and coastal States/port States, each take measures independently based on their individual positions, but an issue that can be effectively tackled only when such parties mutually coordinate and cooperate in a manner transcending their individual positions,

1. REITERATE their firm resolve to cooperate, devise and implement all possible measures to combat piracy and armed robbery against ships;

2. RESOLVE, based on the foregoing, to prepare their own action plan, whose elements are outlined below, and swiftly implement appropriate measures;

1) Implementation and enhancement of self-protection measures on ships, such as the introduction of position notification system technology, geared against hijacking and other heinous and organized acts;

2) Preparation of an environment conducive to enforcing thorough reporting from victim ships to coastal States/port States relevant authorities, so that coastal States/port States can take swift and effective measures in the event of an act of piracy and armed robbery against ships

3) Establishment of a legal framework by coastal States/port States to facilitate and enhance effective prosecution of the alleged criminals

4) Development of a system enabling effective and dynamic countermeasures to be taken by all the relevant authorities working in concert

5) As a means of promoting the exchange of information and coordination internationally, among competent authorities with expertise of each State, establishment of a comprehensive information network of all the governmental authorities concerned, by designating relevant offices as their operational contact points in addition to the existing diplomatic channel

6) Sharing and joint use of data relating to piracy and armed robbery against ships, as a way of contributing to the fortification of self-protection measures by ships, as well as to the early discovery of the missing ships by relevant authorities.