The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Council held its 100th session from 16-20 June 2008, in London, UK.
During the week, a number of speakers addressed the Council, including: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E.
Mitropoulos; Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Transport, UK; Kosuke Shibata, Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan; […]
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Council held its 100th session from 16-20 June 2008, in London, UK.
During the week, a number of speakers addressed the Council, including: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos; Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Transport, UK; Kosuke Shibata, Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan; and Binali Yildirim, Minister of Transport and Communications, Turkey. A panel discussion on IMO/industry cooperation was also held under the theme “IMO’s relationship with the maritime industry.” The Council’s session was also the occasion for the IMO to commemorate 60 years since the adoption of the IMO Convention and 50 years since that Convention entered into force, and to mark the 25th and 20th anniversaries, respectively, of the World Maritime University and the IMO International Maritime Law Institute.
Links to further information
IMO press release, 17 June 2008
IMO press release, 11 June 2008