IMO Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos has given security a higher priority with the UN Agency administrative structure by establishing a new sub-division within the IMO Secretariat’s Maritime Safety Division. IMO says the move will reinforce the high priority given it gives to matters of maritime security.
A statement says that the new sub-division will provide a stronger focus on security matters and will address the complementary issue of facilitation of maritime traffic and will be by Cypriot Nicolaos Charalambous who becomes Deputy Director.
Mr. Mitropoulos said that the movereflected the continuing need for the IMO, 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.
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