SAR Convention

Before 1979, rescue at sea relied mostly on practice and custom.The SAR Convention brought a clear structure: it set out how States should coordinate, required the creation of MRCCs, and introduced the system of Search and Rescue Regions that organises responsibilities worldwide.

𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲: 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆.

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