In adopting the 2009 MODU Code, the Assembly recalled in particular that, since the adoption of the 1989 MODU Code, the Organization had adopted a significant number of amendments to many of the regulations of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS) referenced in the Code. Furthermore, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) had adopted amendments to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, which impacted on the provisions for helicopter facilities as contained in the Code.