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TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER CENSU GALEA ATTENDS FOR THE 22ND SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION IN LONDON
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22/11/2001
22/11/2001
| Earlier this week, the Hon. Mr Censu Galea, Minister for Transport | and Communications, left for London where he attended the opening of the 22nd Session of the International Maritime Organisation. During the first day of the Meeting, Minister Galea held separate bilateral meetings with the Ministers responsible for Maritime Affairs of Russia and Cyprus. |
| On the second day of the meeting Minister Galea | delivered a short address during the morning Plenary Session. He reiterated Malta Government’s support for the aims and objectives of the International Maritime Organisation with special emphasis on the enhancement of maritime safety and pollution prevention standards which can best be achieved through the universal implementation of global International Maritime Organisation rules and regulations. |
| Malta’s active participation in the organisation’s | deliberations leading to the adoption of new international maritime standards reaffirm the commitment of the Malta Maritime Authority within the Ministry for Transport and Communications to follow a quality shipping policy. Malta shares the view that was expressed by many others at the assembly that Flag States must adhere to their responsibilities and work within the International Maritime Organisation in order to deal with the threat of terrorist acts against ships and ports as a result of the new political environment that the world is currently experiencing. |
| Likewise, Malta will also endeavour to ensure the | successful conclusion of the works that have already been undertaken with respect to the revision of the Athens Convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea and to the Supplementary Fund for the Compensation in case of oil pollution damage. |
| Minister Galea concluded his address by reconfirming | Malta’s commitment to the International Maritime Organisation’s training programme by providing the logistical support as a host country for both the International Maritime Organisation’s International Maritime Law Institute and the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean. |
| As further evidence of Governmen’s commitment to | fulfill Malta’s obligations as a leading Maritime Nation, during a meeting with IMO’s Secretary General, Mr William O’Neill, Minister Galea deposited the instruments of accession to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988; and to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms, 1988. |
| Minister Censu Galea returned to Malta on Wednesday 21st | November. |
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