Enhanced focus on maritime security in IMO Secretariat
IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, has established a new sub-division within the IMO Secretariat’s Maritime Safety Division to reinforce the high priority given by the Organization to matters of maritime security.
The new sub-division will provide a stronger focus on security matters and will address the complimentary issue of facilitation of maritime traffic, under the leadership of Mr. Nicolaos Charalambous of Cyprus, who becomes Deputy Director.
Announcing the formation of the new sub-division, Mr. Mitropoulos said that it reflected the continuing need for the Organization, and the maritime world as a whole, to sustain efforts to enhance and improve levels of security in all aspects of ship and port operations, while at the same time facilitating the innocent movement of people and goods by ships.
The new sub-division will provide a stronger focus on security matters and will address the complimentary issue of facilitation of maritime traffic, under the leadership of Mr. Nicolaos Charalambous of Cyprus, who becomes Deputy Director.
Announcing the formation of the new sub-division, Mr. Mitropoulos said that it reflected the continuing need for the Organization, and the maritime world as a whole, to sustain efforts to enhance and improve levels of security in all aspects of ship and port operations, while at the same time facilitating the innocent movement of people and goods by ships.
Etiquetas: IMO, maritime security