Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Structure of Internatioonal Maritime Organization

STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION { IMO}

IMO Consist of the following :

1: Assembly
 - Consist of all member states.
 - Meeting in every two year OR during any extraordinary session.
 - Assembly is responsible for approving the work programme , budget & elects the council.

2: Council
 - Elected by assembly for every two year.
 - Between session of assembly ,council perform all the function of assembly.
 - Function of Council :   
               A-Coordinate all activities of the organs of the organization.
               B- In every two year council present the work programme and budget to assembly.
               C- Receive all reports and proposal from committee and other organs and submit them to   
                    assembly with comments and recommendations.
               D- Appoint the secretary general which is subject to the approval of the assembly.
               E- Enter in to agreements or arrangements with other organization which is subject to
                    assembly approval.
- Structure of council:
               CATEGORY 'A' - Consist of 10 member states those are having  largest interest in
                                             providing international shipping services.
               CATEGORY 'B' - Consist of 10 member states those are having  largest interest in
                                             international seaborne trade.
               CATEGORY 'C' - Consist of 20 member states those who are not selected in category A
                                            &B, & those have special interests in maritime transport or
                                             navigation and all 20 member will cover all major geographic area of the
                                             world. For ex: Singapore if not selected in cat A &B.

3: Committee
     Total 5 committee supporting to council , which are as follow.
      - { MSC } Maritime safety committee.
      - { MEPC} Marine Environment Protection Committee.
      -  Legal committee.
      - Technical cooperation committee.
      - Facilitation committee.

 4:Sub-Committee

   MSC & MEPC are supported by number of sub-committee, which are as follows.

- { HTW }Human element, Training and watchkeeping.
- { III } Implementation of IMO Instruments.
- { NCSR } Navigation, communications & search and rescue.
- { PPR} Pollution prevention and response.
- { SDC } Ship Design  & Construction.
- { SSE } Ship System and Equipment.
- { CCC } Carriage of cargo and containers.

  



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