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The member states of the Council of the International Maritime Organization will rise from 40 to 52
This was decided by the assembly of the UN organization. The renewed executive body will meet next Wednesday
December 13, 2021
With these amendments, the Council will be made up of 12 States. for each of the categories (a) and (b) which include respectively the States with the greatest interest in providing transport services international maritime and the States with the largest interest in trade by sea and from 28 States of category (c) who have not been elected in categories (a) and (b) and who have specific interests in maritime transport, or in navigation and whose election to the Council will ensure the representation of all the main geographical areas of the world.
In addition, the amendments provide that member states of the executive body of the IMO remain in office until the end of two consecutive ordinary sessions of the shareholders' meeting of the organization, after which they would still be eligible for re-election. Since assemblies are usually held every two years, States members will therefore remain in office for about four years.
The assembly then decided that the Arabic language versions, Chinese and Russian of the IMO Convention, formerly languages officers of the organization, are considered as acting texts faith like those in English, French and Spanish.
On Friday, meanwhile, the IMO assembly elected the new Member States of the Council for the two-year period 2022-2023. In the category (a) China, the Russian Federation, Japan, Greece have been elected, Italy, Norway, Panama, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea and States United. The States included in category (b) of the Council are Australia, Brazil, Canada, United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. They will be part of the category (c) Saudi Arabia, Bahamas, Belgium, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Philippines, Jamaica, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Mexico, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and Vanuatu. Wednesday next, at the conclusion of the IMO Assembly, the new Council will meet for its 126th session and elect the its president and vice-president for the next two years.
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With these amendments, the Council will be made up of 12 States. for each of the categories (a) and (b) which include respectively the States with the greatest interest in providing transport services international maritime and the States with the largest interest in trade by sea and from 28 States of category (c) who have not been elected in categories (a) and (b) and who have specific interests in maritime transport, or in navigation and whose election to the Council will ensure the representation of all the main geographical areas of the world.
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