INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME ORGANIZATION
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IMO
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MSC 70/15/1
9September 1998
Original: ENGLISH
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MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE
70th session
Agenda item 15
PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST
SHIPS
Implementation of the anti-piracy
project
Note by the Secretariat
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SUMMARY
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| Executive
Summary: |
This document
contains information
consequential to
that given in
document MSC 69/16/2 on
the steps taken
by the Secretariat in
pursuance of
the Committee's
instructions
(MSC 68/23, paragraphs
16.5 and 16.6)
that action should be
taken to prevent
and suppress acts of
piracy and armed
robbery against
ships |
| Action to be Taken: |
Paragraph 7 |
| Related documents: |
MSC 68/23, paragraphs 16.5 and
16.6 and MSC
69/16/2 |
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1 The Committee, at its
sixty-ninth session (MSC 69/22,
paragraph 16.4),
noted that, pursuant to its instruction
at its
sixty-eighth session, the Secretary-General
had
entered into consultations with
the Ambassadors and
High Commissioners in London
of countries where
piracy and armed robbery had
most frequently been
reported and, that as a result
of these
consultations, agreement had
been reached for the
Organization to send missions
of experts to a
selected number of countries
to further discuss the
implementation in those countries
of the IMO
guidelines for preventing and
suppressing piracy and
armed robbery against ships (MSC/Circs.622
and 623).
The missions were to be followed
by regional seminars
intended to assist Governments
and officials in the
countries concerned to enhance
their capability for
combating such unlawful acts
in their waters.
2 MSC 69 further noted (MSC 69/22,
paragraph 16.5) that the Secretariat
had drawn up a
budget for four regional seminars
planned to be held,
subject to the availability of
funds, in Singapore,
Rio de Janeiro, Lagos and Aden
for selected countries
in South East Asia, South and
Central America, West
Africa and the Indian Ocean regions
respectively. The
Committee urged governments and
international
organizations receiving requests
for financial or
technical support to implement
the project the
Secretariat had put in place
to consider them
favourably. To date, financial
assistance and expert
support has been received from
the Governments of
Australia, Denmark, Greece, the
Netherlands, Norway,
Panama, the United Kingdom and
the United States as
well as from Inmarsat, ICS/ISF,
OCIMF, INTERTANKO and
ICFTU/ITF.
3 At the time of writing, arrangements
for the mission of experts to
the South East Asia
region are at an advanced stage
in co-operation with
the Governments of Indonesia,
Malaysia and the
Philippines. The. mission is
planned to take place in
early October 1998 and its outcome
will be reported
in an addendum to this document.
For reasons of economy, this document is
printed in a limited
number. Delegates are
kindly asked to bring
their copies to
meetings and not to request
additional
copies.
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4 A regional seminar and workshop
for
the South East Asia region is
scheduled (see Circular
letter No. 2083 of 9 September
1998) to take place in
Singapore from 3 to 5 February
1999 for
representatives of Cambodia,
China, Indonesia,
Malaysia Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand and Vietnam
and the Associate Members of
Hong Kong, China and
Macao.
5 A second mission of experts has
been
organized in co-operation with
the Government of
Brazil to take place in conjunction
with the regional
seminar and workshop (see Circular
letter No. 2042 of
11 June 1998) for the South and
Central American and
Caribbean regions. The mission
and regional seminar
for representatives of Brazil,
Colombia. Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama,
Suriname and
Venezuela will take place from
18 to 23 October 1998.
6 A third mission of experts, to be
followed by a regional seminar
and workshop, is also
planned for the West African
region for the late part
of the first half of 1999. Subject
to the
availability of funds, a similar
mission and a
regional seminar and workshop
for the Indian Ocean
region is also envisaged to take
place at an
appropriate time in 1999.
Action requested of the Committee
7 The Committee is invited to note
the
above information and take action
as appropriate.
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