A specialized agency of the United Nations concerned with maritime safety and protection of the marine environment. The IMO was created as the result of the United Nations Maritime Conference of 1948; the convention creating the IMO did not, however, come into force until 1958. Prior to 1982, the organization was known as the Inter- Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization. The organization is governed by an assembly, which meets every two years, and in which even member state (121 members and 1 associate as of 1981) enjoys one vote. Between assembly sessions, a council of twenty-four members, elected by the assembly, directs the affairs of the organization.<\/p>\n
Since its inception, the IMO has promoted conventions and has adopted numerous codes relating to maritime affairs. Details of IMO agreements in force can be found in this Encyclopedia.<\/p>\n
In 1984, the membership of the International Maritime Organization was as follows:<\/p>\n
Algeria Equatorial Guinea<\/p>\n
Angola Ethiopia<\/p>\n
Argentina Fiji<\/p>\n
Australia Finland<\/p>\n
Austria France<\/p>\n
Bahamas Gabon<\/p>\n
Bahrain Gambia<\/p>\n
Bangladesh German Democratic<\/p>\n
Barbados Republic<\/p>\n
Belgium German Federal<\/p>\n
Benin Republic<\/p>\n
Brazil Ghana<\/p>\n
Bulgaria Greece<\/p>\n
Burma Guatemala<\/p>\n
Cameroon Guinea<\/p>\n
Canada Guinea-Bissau<\/p>\n
Cape Verde Guyana<\/p>\n
Chile Haiti<\/p>\n
China Honduras<\/p>\n
Colombia Hungary<\/p>\n
Congo Iceland<\/p>\n
Costa Rica India<\/p>\n
Cuba Indonesia<\/p>\n
Cyprus Iran<\/p>\n
Czechoslovakia Iraq<\/p>\n
Denmark Ireland<\/p>\n
Djibouti Israel<\/p>\n
Dominica Italy<\/p>\n
Dominican Republic Ivory Coast<\/p>\n
Ecuador Jamaica<\/p>\n
Egypt Japan<\/p>\n
El Salvador Jordan<\/p>\n
Kampuchea Korea (Republic of)<\/p>\n
Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Liberia Libya<\/p>\n
Madagascar Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco Mozambique Nepal<\/p>\n
Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama<\/p>\n
Papua New Guinea Peru<\/p>\n
Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania St. Lucia<\/p>\n
St. Vincent and Grenadines Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Surinam Sweden Switzerland Syria Tanzania Thailand Togo<\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/p>\n
Tunisia<\/p>\n
Turkey<\/p>\n
USSR<\/p>\n
United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Venezuela<\/p>\n
Yemen (Arab Republic) Yemen (Democratic Republic)<\/p>\n
Yugoslavia<\/p>\n
Zaire<\/p>\n
(Main Author: William J. Miller)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
International Maritime Organization (IMO), specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1958 and headquartered in London. The IMO promotes international cooperation on technical matters affecting shipping; recommends and encourages adoption of the highest standards of maritime safety and efficient navigation; and fosters international action to prevent pollution of the sea. In 1992, for example, the IMO authorized new rules for tanker design aimed at reducing the risk of oil spills.” (1)<\/p>\n
Meaning of International Maritime Organization (IMO), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Established as a specialized United Nations agency in 1948 and headquartered in London, England, the IMO facilitates cooperation on technical matters affecting merchant shipping and traffic, including improve maritime safety dangerous goods and prevention of marine pollution. Website.<\/p>\n
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on international maritime organization explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.<\/p>\n
Summary of International Maritime Organization <\/p>\n
A specialized agency of the United Nations concerned with maritime safety and protection of the marine environment. The IMO was created as the result of the United Nations Maritime Conference of 1948; the convention creating the IMO did not, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,78,656,55,5],"tags":[240,1253,125,814,893,665,2439,75],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}