IAMSAR MANUAL, Volume II : MISSION CO-ORDINATION, 2006 Consolidated Edition
The Mission Co-ordination volume assists personnel who plan and co- ordinate
SAR operations and exercises. This Manual is published jointly by the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization.
This Manual has been updated from the first edition by including the amendments that were adopted by the seventy-fourth session of the
IMO Maritime Safety Committee in June 2001 (which entered into force on 1 July 2002), amendments adopted by the seventy-fifth session in May 2002 (which apply as from 1 July 2003), amendments adopted by the seventy- seventh session in June 2003 (which apply as from 1 July 2004), amendments adopted by the seventy-eighth session in February 2004 (which apply as from 1 July 2005) and by the eightieth session in May 2005 (which apply as from 1 June 2006).