The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ( S O L A S ), 1 9 7 4, currently in force, was adopted on 1 November 1974 by the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, which was convened by the International Maritime Organization ( I M O ), and entered into force on 25 May 1980. It has since been amended twice by means of protocols:
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- by the Protocol adopted on 17 February 1978 by the International Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention ( 1 9 7 8 SOLAS Protocol), which entered into force on 1 May 1 9 8 1 ; and
- by the Protocol adopted on 11 November 1 9 8 8 by the International Conference on the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (1988 SOLAS Protocol), which entered into force on 3 February 2 0 0 0 and replaced and abrogated the 1978 Protocol, as between Parties to the 1988 Protocol.
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