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MALTA RE-ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION (IMO)
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26/11/2001
26/11/2001
| Malta was last Friday re-elected to the Council of the International | Maritime Organisation (IMO) for the biennium 2001-2003. |
| The Council is the Executive Organ of IMO and is | responsible, under the Assembly, for supervising the work of the Organisation. The Council is elected from States with the largest interest in providing international shipping services and in international sea borne trade and States with special interests in maritime transport or navigation ensuring the representation of all major geographic areas of the world. |
| Elections took place during the twenty-second Regular | Session of the IMO Assembly which is meeting at the IMO Headquarters in London between the 19th and 30th November. Malta was amongst the countries that contested the elections under Category C, that is States with special interest in maritime transport or navigation. Malta obtained the highest number of votes in its category, that is 110 votes out of 123 valid votes. |
| The thirty-two member States of the new Council are | Australia, Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. |
| An additional eight member States will become Council | members on the 7th November 2002 when the amendments to the IMO Convention enlarging the IMO Council to forty member States will enter into force. The eight States which will take their seats on the Council next year are Bangladesh, Chile, Denmark, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Lebanon and Venezuela. |
| Malta has served on the IMO Council during the | 1977-1979 and 1999-2001 bienniums. |
| The Minister for Transport and Communications Censu | Galea led Malta’s delegation to this twenty-second regular session of the IMO Assembly. |
| The Assembly is the Governing Body of IMO. It | consists of all Member States, and it meets once every two years in regular sessions. It may also meet in extraordinary session, if necessary. The Assembly is responsible for approving the work programme, voting the budget and determining the financial arrangements of the Organisation. The Assembly also elects the Council. |
| Malta’s delegation for this Assembly included Dr Marc Bonello, | Chairman of the Malta Maritime Authority, high officials from the Authority’s Merchant Shipping Directorate which is the flag Administration for the 28 million gross tonnage under the Malta flag, and officials from the Ministry for Transport and Communications as well as the Malta’s High Commission in London. |
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